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Do you receive Food Stamps? The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a federal tax credit available to employers who hire individuals from certain target groups who have a difficult time finding employment. One of the qualifiers is being on "food stamps." https://detr.nv.gov/Page/Work_Opportunity_Tax_Credit It's an easy process to get certified as a business and take advantage of the credit. You might share this wit…
If you want to get hired by a traditional company, you need to get into a stable position with a fixed address. If that's not possible right now, you can try doing project-based work on Upwork or similar services. It's quick to get started. It might be a great way to bring in some money immediately and build up a portfolio without the commitment of a full-time role and with a lot of flexibility. You might be able to…
Do you have a social worker? I volunteered with the homeless some years ago, and I recall a major problem with the system is that the system does not generally help those who are not inside the shelter system with an assigned social worker. The reason I bring that up, is that because a good social worker might be able to find you a job training or placement program that utilize those skills, but more traditional rout…
OMT and i'm sure your way on top of, but I'm gonna say it just for the benefit of others: the public library. Consider offering yourself as a volunteer to help them with technology issues, or teach other homeless people about technology. Especially in a big place like Las Vegas, I think you could find an eager-beaver librarian, who might be willing to help you find suitable employment opportunities given the situatio…
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im in las vegas right now
Unlike the asshole above, I know they're not sewers but storm drains, because I'm the journalist who discovered people were living in them twenty odd years ago. I'm also a full stack dev, but unfortunately I'm in London now, not Vegas. I wish I could point you at somebody, but since the bottom dropped out of Tony Hsieh's little bro kingdom downtown, Vegas hasn't had much of a startup tech community. I mean, if you ha…
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Cool, what kind of resource sharing space? Like you have a group of collaborators?
A collaboration space but for formation, clarity, focused on non-technical aspects of business in presence of technical individuals and investors. Similar to product hunt, but for early stage, focusing on zero to one stage, from idea to iteration and PMF only.
https://app.gun.io/app/jobs/e67a983a-7b18-4d12-9aaa-f533129f... Perhaps also put a way of contacting you in your bio.
The link leads me to a login page and the site says i wasnt accepted because i applied for this before. are you trying to list a job?
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The link leads me to a login page and the site says i wasnt accepted because i applied for this before. are you trying to list a job?
No, I just saw the job posting and thought it might be relevant.
Where are you located?
im in las vegas right now
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A collaboration space but for formation, clarity, focused on non-technical aspects of business in presence of technical individuals and investors. Similar to product hunt, but for early stage, focusing on zero to one stage, from idea to iteration and PMF only.
I would like to do this, but even if i did, i would be looking for income and prioritize that. are you ok with that?