There are some non-technical online jobs from Appen or Lionbridge that should give you some stable income each month (at max about 100~200USD per month). These jobs usually require you to work from 10~20 hours per week. Besides, there are websites like utest (do testing) and clickworker(microtask), which doesn't have stable income but at the same time much less commitment.
Ask HN: How to find work while homeless?
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#102This sounds very rough, wishing you all the best. I would say the main goal for you here is survival and having a roof over your head. Maybe consider getting a minimum wage job somewhere to at least give you enough money for food and rent while you keep looking for another job in the field you love. The other thing is to look at remote jobs. There are plenty out there especially nowadays. Wishing you all the best
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#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Same if you were homeless. I wouldn't hire a homeless barista that will turn off customers. To be clear, I currently have a shower, mattress, access to a washing machine, etc etc. Living in squats is pretty ok, police repression aside. I don't look like... whatever you're guessing, and nobody I'm applying to knows I don't have a permanent legal residence. Hairdressing is a ridiculously qualified job in the UK, I ha…
> Living in squats is pretty ok I think I misunderstood that from your original post. Do you mean you are squatting someone else property? If that's the case, I feel sorry for myself spending all this time writing these responses...
Squatting is fine. Land should belong to the public anyway, just like the air we breathe.
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#104Church and ANY JOB POSSIBLE ASAP, like others have pointed out.
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#105It sounds like you are still looking for a tech job? What about day labor, retail, fast food restaurants, etc.. Yeah it sucks, but you just need enough to afford a cheap studio with 6 other guys crammed into it like grad students often do to get by...
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#106I think we need to reframe the problem.
It shouldn't be how to find work while homeless, it should be how to find shelter while jobless.
Finding work _while_ homeless is akin to getting married with a cut femoral artery. Can be done, but the odds of success of the former are improved if we stop the bleeding.
I think changing the amenities situation should be top priority. That should be the objective. How can you get shelter, especially during the night, in an affordable manner for your current situation?
- Shelters
- Working at jobs that require an extended presence on site where it's more practical to live there than commute: boats, hospitality (hostels), buildings (concierge), assisting a limited mobility or elderly person (stay at home or retirement home), night security (you stay there in the night, which is more dangerous, and try to find another job during the day. Naps during the day in a park are less dangerous).
Can I send money to get you in a hostel for a few days just to bootstrap the thing?
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#107Remote Leaf[1] founder here, I would like to offer you three months of free membership, that might help you land a remote job since you have coding skills. We hand-pick thousands of remote jobs from tons of job boards and only sends the ones that apply to you. Just ping me on Twitter and send me an email to avail this :) [1] - https://remoteleaf.com
This person sounds borderline suicidal and you see is as an opportunity to plug your site? okay...
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#108You should post something about what your strongest skills are (programming languages, technologies, etc) as well as your email address. Maybe edit your original post so they're easier to find. You're on the front page of HN: there are a lot of folks here who could help you find work.
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
You say uni wasn't a thing... could it be? I apologize; I don't know anything about life in the Netherlands (namely how funding and entrance requirements go) but a few years in uni might be a good career reset.
Unfortunately not, I don't have the requisite qualifications to actually enter university here.
Not recommending it in this situation but know that there are things like The Open University (http://www.open.ac.uk/) which can get you a tuition without the prerequisite secondary degree.
Also idk about the Netherlands but in Finland there are "open path" routes to polytechnics (and probably universities) that you can attend for a small fee with no other requirements. The trick here is that if you study long enough and accumulate enough ECTS credits, then you may either get directly accepted as a full time student (thus making you eligible for all the usual benefits), or they can let you take the entrance exam and then become a full time student. All this without requiring the secondary degree that you'd normally need to enter.
Just something to keep in mind if you ever want to consider getting a degree.
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#110>. I'm going to be dead in a few months if I can't work something out. why would you be dead? Can't tell if this is a troll post.
I initially had that the same thoughts, but by quickly scanning the person’s comment history, and also seeing that it goes a long way back, it’s clear to me that they’re not a troll.
But, yes, I also don’t get (when thinking from my perhaps too strictly rational and pragmatic point of view) what would imply death being only a few months away.