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Re: HackerSurfing: Free Housing and Food for Engineers Visiting SF

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Post by pimlottc »

petercooper wrote: post #37

Only slightly related, but something I've always wondered.. can a residential house the founders live in, and employees work in, be claimed as a legitimate business expense? I see this quite a lot in the US. I looked into it here in the UK and it doesn't work out particularly well tax-wise.

IANAL but my boss lives upstairs in the same house we work in. What he does is that he rents out the office from himself as an individual to his business. But that's just for the main floor, it doesn't include his personal living area. I certainly can't speak to how things work in the UK but as long as you kept the business and personal accounts separate and charged a reasonable rate I don't think they'd be any particular problems.

Re: HackerSurfing: Free Housing and Food for Engineers Visiting SF

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Post by clueless123 »

npt4279 wrote: post #43
clueless123 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A similar cool idea would be if someone would create working spaces in awesome locations. that way, a company can pay all my expenses to get there and work (during work hours).. and I get to tour the area, learn the culture, try the food on my freetime/weeekends. First place : Valle Sagrado near Machu-Pichu Peru.

We actually do that too, once a year: http://startupworkaway.herokuapp.com/

Dang! The equivalent of those "training" trips that doctors take on the pharmaceutical industry dime :)

If someone wants to start this business.. Contact me, I can help implement it for the Peru Location.

Re: HackerSurfing: Free Housing and Food for Engineers Visiting SF

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Post by JoergR »

pricklepoke wrote: post #31

Read about Sit/Lie and how SF voted to criminalize homelessness in 2010, and you'll see why these "hostels" for tech workers are needed now more than ever.

Thank you. This is one of the most atrocious and socially unconcious things I've ever seen. Free food and housing for people set to make 100k/year while homeless people are in the street and families kicked out of their homes so the techbros can take over the Mission. This is sickening and fucked up beyond measure.

Re: HackerSurfing: Free Housing and Food for Engineers Visiting SF

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Post by pricklepoke »

insane0hflex wrote: post #48
pricklepoke wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How about free housing for firemen who can't afford to live in SF?

Theres no firemen living at their firehouse in sf?

The majority of firemen cannot afford to live in SF. Half of city personnel live in the burbs, on the other side of a bridge.

Re: HackerSurfing: Free Housing and Food for Engineers Visiting SF

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Post by bruceb »

pricklepoke wrote: post #41
locahost wrote: post #30

How about free housing and food for engineers who already live in SF?

How about free housing for firemen who can't afford to live in SF?

This isn't free housing. This is trying to get employees. Not charity.

Re: HackerSurfing: Free Housing and Food for Engineers Visiting SF

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Post by burger_moon »

michaelchisari wrote: post #38
clueless123 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been on the same boat (NDA's and stuff) .. my best recomendation is to get involved on opensource and contribute.. I've got tons of good feedback from doing that.

I've got plenty of open source code in my github, and the irony is that I don't know if anybody I've interviewed with has ever really looked at it. They might want to know it exists, but it's not like they do code reviews.

I have yet to go to an interview and the employer looked at my github or portfolio. I know it's pushed hard but so far it hasn't mattered in the least.
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