Money spoils: how a programmer from Russia became homeless in the USA

Author of the channel Made in USA on Yandex Zen told the story of a programmer from Russiath moved to the USA and became homeless. Next - from the first person.

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Today we will tell about the fate of Yegor from Saratov, who almost 15 years ago left to work as a programmer in the USA. It would seem that the profession is one hundred percent successful, but life decreed otherwise.

Late became a programmer

A man came into the world of programming as early as 35 years old, in the 1990s he was engaged in business. Egor immediately realized that the future lies in high technology, and decided to take his place before greater competition arises in the labor market. In the USA, the same thing happened, so the growing market lacked workers. In this regard, the man decided to go abroad, finding work in Silicon Valley. At that time he was 40. So his example perfectly illustrates the view that it is never too late to change your life.

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In chocolate

I must say that Yegor went to the States alone, since he divorced his wife at the beginning of the XNUMXs. The plans were to save up money by the time the daughter graduated from school in order to arrange her in one of the American universities. Maybe in Stanford - one of the top universities in the world, which was located in the same valley.

There was a man in San Francisco - the most expensive city in the United States. But salaries made it possible to rent good apartments in the city center with excellent views and even a rooftop pool. In general, there was no shortage of money, and over time, the man began to scatter them to the right and left.

How else to have fun?

What do many bachelors do with money? Of course, they start hanging out and “wasting their lives.” At first it brought pure pleasure, but at that age, in the morning after good partying, there is no longer the vigor that was in youth. Therefore, problems naturally began at work, which ultimately led to dismissal. After all, by that time the programmers had become like dirt, and Yegor was quickly replaced by a young employee.

To the bottom

So our hero was left without work, but with persistent alcoholism. This led to the fact that in just a few months, the remaining money was lowered into the pipe. Expensive rental housing (almost $ 3000 a month) was not a problem when salaries were constantly being paid. But now the man first moved to the apartment easier, and then completely had to rent a motor home. Soon it was not enough for this, so Egor just found himself on the street.

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California is a great place for the homeless

Only one thing was lucky in his situation - California is the most suitable for the homeless US state. There are no cold winters, so you can live on the street at any time of the year. If you add to this also benefits, as well as alms, then pretty good money comes out.

That is, you can say that it is well settled. Although this, of course, is a joke. But my daughter, apparently, does not see an American university.

Original blog post Made in USA on Yandex Zen.

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