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Google employee lives in 16' box truck to avoid Bay Area rents

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Re: Google employee lives in 16' box truck to avoid Bay Area rents

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Post by ViViDboarder »

dajohnson89 wrote: post #9
joshua4 wrote: post #5

Paying $1000 / month for rent is expensive? For a GOOGLE employee?

Umm, if you can find a decent place in the bay area for $1000/mo, do let me know.

He said by splitting with roommates in the blog post. That's possible if you get a 3+ bedroom unit and split amongst that many people.

Re: Google employee lives in 16' box truck to avoid Bay Area rents

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Post by cheald »

Honestly, it sounds kinda great. He's going to have some completely unique experiences and stories that he'll carry with him for the rest of his life, and he's learning a lot about how to live thriftily and how to separate needs from wants.

It's not all that different from living in an RV, and he's taking control of his finances to a degree that most people would never really consider. That's admirable, IMO.

Re: Google employee lives in 16' box truck to avoid Bay Area rents

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Post by abc_lisper »

Let me be the first to say it.

YUCK!

What's the point to living if you have the means, but don't live a decent life? Just to spoil it for others, who are living decently? Is this how this guy's gonna define himself?

You know, programmers already have a low social reputation for being geeky. Down mod me all you want but that only proves this is a circle jerk.

Please don't do this. If you do have to do this, don't advertise this. Please don't. Some of us worked very hard to be here, we would want programmers to be looked up, not down.

Re: Google employee lives in 16' box truck to avoid Bay Area rents

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Post by lolklyn »

abc_lisper wrote: post #14

Let me be the first to say it. YUCK! What's the point to living if you have the means, but don't live a decent life? Just to spoil it for others, who are living decently? Is this how this guy's gonna define himself? You know, programmers already have a low social reputation for being geeky. Down mod me all you want but that only proves this is a circle jerk. Please don't do this. If you do have to do this, don't adve…

Yeah this makes it seem pretty crap http://frominsidethebox.com/view?key=5713144022302720

Re: Google employee lives in 16' box truck to avoid Bay Area rents

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Post by abc_lisper »

lolklyn wrote: post #16
abc_lisper wrote: post #14

Let me be the first to say it. YUCK! What's the point to living if you have the means, but don't live a decent life? Just to spoil it for others, who are living decently? Is this how this guy's gonna define himself? You know, programmers already have a low social reputation for being geeky. Down mod me all you want but that only proves this is a circle jerk. Please don't do this. If you do have to do this, don't adve…

Yeah this makes it seem pretty crap http://frominsidethebox.com/view?key=5713144022302720

What are you, 14?

Re: Google employee lives in 16' box truck to avoid Bay Area rents

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Post by kyrre »

It's certainly better than Ben Discoe's setup:

https://www.quora.com/Which-Googler-holds-the-record-for-liv...

while Brandon has made a whole project out of it with regular blog posts highlighting his eco-friendliness, Ben was forced to live at Google's parking lot in a van, in order to pay for alimony.

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