Re:Homeless man releases app after learning to code
by moocowduckquack on Saturday December 14, 2013 @09:19PM
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This isn't actually as rare as is being made out, though good luck to him, once he has an online folio of work sorted he should be able to freelance off this. A lot of people have housing problems during their lives and there are a fair few coders, so it is no surprise that the two sets overlap, especially given the tendency to nomadism. It is amazing what you can do with a cheap laptop and free wifi.
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Re:Homeless man releases app after learning to code
by coldtea on Saturday December 14, 2013 @10:43PM
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>This isn't actually as rare as is being made out
Well, of all the app developers (there are now 1 million apps for iOS alone, so let's say all US developers are 100,000) how many are similar cases? 1? 2? 10?
1 such story in multiple thousands IS rate in my books.
Re:Homeless man releases app after learning to code
by moocowduckquack on Sunday December 15, 2013 @12:46AM
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3.5 million people in the US experience homelessness in any given year, I think you would be suprised how many professionals have gone through a period of homelessness. Most people who have gone through housing problems don't tend to advertise the fact in work situations.