I love this.
http://thechive.com/2015/10/22/google-employee-lives-in-the-parking-lot-and-saves-90-of-his-income-photos/#?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=chivetrafficfacebook?NV:.m3jst7:uA6QQ (http://thechive.com/2015/10/22/google-employee-lives-in-the-parking-lot-and-saves-90-of-his-income-photos/#?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=chivetrafficfacebook?NV:.m3jst7:uA6QQ)
Bet he's a huge hit with the ladies. ;)
Yeah I had that thought too.
Google employees don't have time to date.
He's also not the only one doing it.
Average one bedroom apt rent in SF is $3500/month. :o
I remember guys living in the Parking lot at UAL also. They werent making as much as this guy.
I've "known" homeless dudes to live in self storage containers, gated community and all. Paid about $25/month.
Quote from: Blackout on October 23, 2015, 01:28:20 PM
I've "known" homeless dudes to live in self storage containers, gated community and all. Paid about $25/month.
Many years ago I had a storage unit in downtown San Diego. If you went towards the end of the day, it was common to see homeless people signing in so they could go to their units for the night.
Can't go on forever -- local law prohibits sleeping in a car as a residence even if it's on private property. And I can't believe Google is OK with this -- what a bad thing to be public. "Our employees can't afford to live near us"
Quote from: ducatiz on October 23, 2015, 05:49:26 PM
Can't go on forever -- local law prohibits sleeping in a car as a residence even if it's on private property. And I can't believe Google is OK with this -- what a bad thing to be public. "Our employees can't afford to live near us"
The truth always hurts...
Quote from: ducpainter on October 23, 2015, 05:50:52 PM
The truth always hurts...
When that guy learned the truth that he won $100mil in the lottery last year, he didn't look hurt at all..
Quote from: ducatiz on October 23, 2015, 05:54:19 PM
When that guy learned the truth that he won $100mil in the lottery last year, he didn't look hurt at all..
Wait until he blows it all...it's relative.
Quote from: ducpainter on October 23, 2015, 05:57:54 PM
Wait until he blows it all...it's relative.
;D
he hooked up with my finance guy. it's all going into a family trust.
Quote from: ducatiz on October 23, 2015, 06:01:19 PM
;D
he hooked up with my finance guy. it's all going into a family trust.
I'm your finance guy. Thats what he thinks. ;D
Quote from: ducatiz on October 23, 2015, 06:01:19 PM
;D
he hooked up with my finance guy. it's all going into a family trust.
revocable...right? :P
Quote from: ducpainter on October 23, 2015, 06:07:10 PM
revocable...right? :P
i don't think so. I think it's set up with ILITs and those have to be owned by an irrevocable trust.
anyhow, i can't imagine Google is cool with an employee sleeping in a box truck in their lot for more than a week or two.. seems fishy.
Quote from: ducatiz on October 23, 2015, 06:10:32 PM
i don't think so. I think it's set up with ILITs and those have to be owned by an irrevocable trust.
anyhow, i can't imagine Google is cool with an employee sleeping in a box truck in their lot for more than a week or two.. seems fishy.
Hard tellin'
Quote from: ducatiz on October 23, 2015, 06:10:32 PM
anyhow, i can't imagine Google is cool with an employee sleeping in a box truck in their lot for more than a week or two.. seems fishy.
UAL wasnt. Those guys had to find some other place to park. I think most of them ended up renting some shithole next to the freeway in Haward or something.
Quote from: ducatiz on October 23, 2015, 06:10:32 PM
i don't think so. I think it's set up with ILITs and those have to be owned by an irrevocable trust.
anyhow, i can't imagine Google is cool with an employee sleeping in a box truck in their lot for more than a week or two.. seems fishy.
Just wait til someone pranks him by throwing a padlock on it one night!
Quote from: NAKID on October 23, 2015, 07:17:42 PM
Just wait til someone pranks him by throwing a padlock on it one night!
I hope the guy makes out OK. 2-3k on rent is stupid. He should keep that up for 3-4 years and buy a house out if state, then figure out a way to work from home before he makes the move.
Quote from: ducatiz on October 23, 2015, 06:10:32 PM
i don't think so. I think it's set up with ILITs and those have to be owned by an irrevocable trust.
anyhow, i can't imagine Google is cool with an employee sleeping in a box truck in their lot for more than a week or two.. seems fishy.
Nono, we want you to live in the parking lot. You are now dependent on the company for food, the shower, internet access, bathroom, and of course, you can't get a girlfriend living in your truck.
He's not the only one doing it, but he is an idiot for making a big deal of it.
We had people living in the parking lot at the old gig.
There was someone renting a dang tent in mountain view for 1k a month or so not so long ago.
The whole place has gone to hell, really. I'm glad I moved.
Quote from: Satellite smithy on October 23, 2015, 08:23:28 PM
Nono, we want you to live in the parking lot. You are now dependent on the company for food, the shower, internet access, bathroom, and of course, you can't get a girlfriend living in your truck.
He's not the only one doing it, but he is an idiot for making a big deal of it.
We had people living in the parking lot at the old gig.
There was someone renting a dang tent in mountain view for 1k a month or so not so long ago.
The whole place has gone to hell, really. I'm glad I moved.
+1
Happens back East too-doesn't Nate live right outside his work space?
Quote from: Satellite smithy on October 23, 2015, 08:38:06 PM
Happens back East too-doesn't Nate live right outside his work space?
Yea. But he doesnt have an employee number or a boss or a security gaurd patrolling the parking lot.
Did you work at AMES in Mountain View?
Yeah-the nasa base. And a whole bevy of other aerospace places.
Can't say I miss it.
I worked at Hangars 1 & 3
I mostly dealt with the big plane, which, to bring things back on topic, would've been housing for about fifty.
That Antonov? It could hold one or two.
Those 3 Hangars could house a lot of people as well.
He had some of the boys over for a house warming party.
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10/D95514E6-D1AA-4F51-BA55-4B4D06D31B02.png) (http://s201.photobucket.com/user/chiflado/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10/D95514E6-D1AA-4F51-BA55-4B4D06D31B02.png.html)
I'm pretty sure two of them aren't boys.....
Quote from: Speeddog on October 23, 2015, 09:26:57 PM
I'm pretty sure two of them aren't boys.....
:D I didn't even look close till you mentioned it.
Quote from: ducatiz on October 23, 2015, 05:49:26 PM
Can't go on forever -- local law prohibits sleeping in a car as a residence even if it's on private property. And I can't believe Google is OK with this -- what a bad thing to be public. "Our employees can't afford to live near us"
If google allows it, the police will never do a thing about it. Just like walmart.
So now we have a master chef and a master chief.
What next?
I hear one of our members is going to live on a commerical fishing boat. He starts off as an apprentice baiter, and eventually he will become a master....
Well you get the idea.
(http://bitebyashark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vandownbytheriver3.jpg)
Smart guy. He'll be completely debt free in under 6 months and have a decent starter investment fund that will end up being in the multi-millions when he retires.
As a formerGoogle employee, I'm sure he gets extra positive marks on his performance reviews for being always available, day, night or weekends.
Makes you wonder if he has an additional car when he has to make an errands run.
Since he gets free food and drink (alcohol included), he is able to easily save a huge amount of money.
If I had to guess, he's in a non-customer facing role, probably an engineer, or a lower level number cruncher.
Unfortunately, since this article aired, he's probably been told to knock it off, and park his truck somewhere off campus.
Good for him for finding a way to save a huge chunk of his paycheck.
Sucks for him working for Google, I certainly don't miss it.
BC.