pdxHomelessDev

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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
Thank you. I had a phone screen with Amazon today. Have to hit the books. Please, if you or anyone you know can get me to the the threshold of my campaign which is $200 more, it would finally put so many things back in order. Thank you for
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
UPDATE: I am well into my way of interviews. I currently have to provide a small VueJS demo, which I am trying to hammer out this week. Lambda School has been very generous and I am part of there program called Lambda Next where I am speaki
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
Likewise, thank you for talking with me and hanging out.
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
UPDATE: I have a phone call with a hiring manager from Amazon tomorrow. Sent out 20 resumes/emails so far this week. And going to dinner with someone here in Portland that is on this thread. Feeling better about potential jobs everyday
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
I sent you a linkedin request.
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
Thanks, they are a new startup with 1st round funding. I also have sent out tons more resumes as I am feeling more confident and prepared as things come together.
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
UPDATE: Hi all, I am giving everyone an update. Today was actually a rough day as I had to have out patient surgery, and this is completely unrelated to what I was struggling with for the past few years. I had an operation because I had a 7
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
It did and I am so grateful. I am currently in an Air BnB near the university campus. Austen, thanks again so much and I look forward to speaking to you more about Lambda School.
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
I appreciate the offer, but as I said in another comment. I am not accepting any more monetarily donations. This is not the aim of my post. It was a reach out to the coder/hacker community for support. I am not going to digitally panha
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
It's 'Fortune favours the bold' just fyi ;) Thanks for the support nojvek. Hope to meet you IRL along the west coast one day.
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
Thank you for the thoughtful and extended info and advice. So far the shelter has locked up my gear every night for me. So that has worked out. I am practicing coding when I can, mainly getting up to speed on ES6 and React. Thanks again!
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
Sent from my personal email.
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
Emailing now.
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
I really appreciate the offer, but I am not asking for charity. What has been monetarily donated to me so far, and job leads is more than enough. I can not possibly accept. I hope you take this as a respectful decline.
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
UPDATE: Everyone has been great and I had many emails with job leads and support. Thanks to a very kind donation, I am on my way to get my haircut that is desperately needed. High chances I will be offline the rest of the day. I met a perso
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
That is a very kind offer sir. I emailed you. This resource I tapped into called WorkSource Oregon has already purchased me brand new and nice interview/work clothes. So I am covered there. I could use a haircut however and new headpho
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
I have talked to a job services placement place. It is state ran and I am in touch with the IT/Software placement manager for the state of OR. Thanks for the comment.
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
This is all great advice, I will certainly tackle some of the things you mentioned. Thank you for taking the time for a information filled comment. :)
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
Yes, I am looking many places.
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
I am not having too many problems with that yet. And yes, I can use the shelter as a mailing address. Though I just use the address on my ID, which I no longer live at, for fields where they just need an address but won't mail anything
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
I have tried upWork and have gotten a job from there back when it was called oDesk. But I have not had any luck recently.
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
I will look there, I have currently been looking on http://remoteok.io
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
I will look into it. Thank you for the offer and reaching out. It means a lot. :)
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
Yea, I am browsing through those resources. I just do not want to apply to so many without being fully prepared. Most of the meetups happen during the time I have to be back at the shelter unfortunately.
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
No, but funny enough. I jokingly have though about writing a sign that says 'Will H4x f0r f00d' I am a little too anxiety ridden by that idea, but not completely against it. Obviously worked out well for David. Thanks for the link
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
Interesting, but it says the classes are live from the comfort of your own home. I do not see where they mention putting you up in housing. Can you point me to that?
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
It is encrypted and backed up regularly. Thanks for the comment. :)
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
I have it locked up every night by the staff.
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
Yes, I am attending tech meetups when I can. Though most of them are difficult to make because they start after business hours around 6p. I have to be back at the shelter by 7p otherwise I lose my bed. I am redoing my website as well as wor
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by pdxHomelessDev 8y ago
I do not let anyone know I am homeless hence the pseudonym. Since I am in this ultra-liberal city. This resource bought me very nice and new interview/work outfits. I am working on the haircut part, but I can shave. I have never had a

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