New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Advice for staying in the job market while homeless?
Ask HN: Advice for staying in the job market while homeless?
4 by HelpImHomeless | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hello HN, I've lived as a "hand to mouth" freelancer for a while and can no longer keep up with rent due to clients shutting down. I have over a dozen job applications under way, but obviously progress is slow and even if I do get an offer it won't pay off until I'm "on the streets". I do have good friends who will let me stay on their couches for some time. Given the circumstances I'm afraid that I'll be stuck in this situation until my food budget is used up, at which point I don't know what to do. Frankly I feel like throwing myself into the river right now, but obviously that is not helping anyone. I have a fairly niche skill set that no one wants. My specialty is building and running complex on-prem infrastructure (in the petabytes and teraflops range), though in the recent years I've been doing DevOps in the cloud like everyone else. I'm also contributing to a wide range of free software projects, but no potential employers seem to care about that. I don't even know what I'm asking here. A cry for help obviously, but with no room for actual advice! Probably I just want someone to say "it's going to be okay" because I can't see it myself. Virtual hug, anyone? :-(
4 by HelpImHomeless | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hello HN, I've lived as a "hand to mouth" freelancer for a while and can no longer keep up with rent due to clients shutting down. I have over a dozen job applications under way, but obviously progress is slow and even if I do get an offer it won't pay off until I'm "on the streets". I do have good friends who will let me stay on their couches for some time. Given the circumstances I'm afraid that I'll be stuck in this situation until my food budget is used up, at which point I don't know what to do. Frankly I feel like throwing myself into the river right now, but obviously that is not helping anyone. I have a fairly niche skill set that no one wants. My specialty is building and running complex on-prem infrastructure (in the petabytes and teraflops range), though in the recent years I've been doing DevOps in the cloud like everyone else. I'm also contributing to a wide range of free software projects, but no potential employers seem to care about that. I don't even know what I'm asking here. A cry for help obviously, but with no room for actual advice! Probably I just want someone to say "it's going to be okay" because I can't see it myself. Virtual hug, anyone? :-(
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