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23-year-old Google employee lives in a truck in company's parking lot, saves 90% of his income
Business Insider ^ | 10/20/2015 | Kathleen Elkins

Posted on 10/20/2015 12:09:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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21 posted on 10/20/2015 12:24:34 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: SeekAndFind

Good for him. He’s learning to save and to economize. People like this eventually get ahead in life and end up in a pretty good place, relative to their peers in their age group, 10 or 15 years down the road when he has a big pile of money in the bank. Sacrificing when you are young always pays off. Its good to see some kids still understand it.


22 posted on 10/20/2015 12:24:52 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: atomic_dog

My first thought was shady truck out of place equals truck bomb. I suppose that’s a reflection of our times, or my paranoia lol.


23 posted on 10/20/2015 12:25:08 PM PDT by catbertz
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Most people have no idea what the housing is like in this liberal bastion.

A) There is not nearly as much buildable land than a map would suggest engineering wise.

B) Very few buildings are taller than the trees, “to maintain the feel”, this is in the building codes.

Logically with very little area and a restriction on the height housing volume is limited.


24 posted on 10/20/2015 12:28:19 PM PDT by Ocoeeman (Reformed Rocked Scientist)
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To: patriotUSA

Private property. Google lets their employees do anything.


25 posted on 10/20/2015 12:32:08 PM PDT by petercooper (And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus... Rollin' down Highway 41.)
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To: atomic_dog

Except now there’s a picture of the truck in an article going viral on the Internet. And is certainly making the rounds within Google’s internal electronic communications systems.

OPSEC Fail.


26 posted on 10/20/2015 12:32:42 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: SeekAndFind

My first “home” after moving out of my parents house was a Chevy van. I lived out of it for a year. I wouldn’t do it again but I managed OK when I was a kid.


27 posted on 10/20/2015 12:35:06 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: tanknetter

now the trucks owner is famous...and at risk.

Id hope that the parking lot is very VERY well guarded.


28 posted on 10/20/2015 12:38:19 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
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To: exnavy

I agree, an RV would be nicer for the same price or less. But I can’t fault his general premise... With Google Supplying all meals and showers, gym etc... spending thousands of dollars a month on an apartment in the Bay area is a waste.


29 posted on 10/20/2015 12:40:49 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: central_va
Try this in a place that has real weather.


30 posted on 10/20/2015 12:41:05 PM PDT by patriotUSA (Thank you Jesus.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It was fooling of him to let anybody know. This will be ended by the local government by Friday. He’s in violation of at least half a dozen ordinances. Plus, they’ll probably sock him with a tax bill for all his unpaid bed taxes.


31 posted on 10/20/2015 12:41:11 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: kjam22

“Definitely not a chick magnet.... I suppose he has no interest in girls though.”

All he has to tell them is “I work for google...” and they’re not going to care about anything else.


32 posted on 10/20/2015 12:41:32 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: kjam22

He works for Google, what do you think? ;/


33 posted on 10/20/2015 12:42:16 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: 21twelve

What happens when he gets locked in from the outside?


34 posted on 10/20/2015 12:43:24 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative

Some how I can picture Chris Farley talking about living in a van down by the river.....


35 posted on 10/20/2015 12:43:50 PM PDT by kjam22
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To: SeekAndFind

I admire him. He’s living frugally, and he has a sweet setup with food and utilities at work right there, and he is not only paying off his student loans but he is investing his salary.

How wonderful to be able to do that. He’s only 23 without a wife and kids. I’m applauding him.


36 posted on 10/20/2015 12:44:48 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Dilbert San Diego

he has bathrooms seconds away, at work. showers too.


37 posted on 10/20/2015 12:45:39 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: MeshugeMikey
I'd hope that the parking lot is very VERY well guarded.

I'm curious; exactly what is in that truck that anyone would want to steal?

38 posted on 10/20/2015 12:48:56 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: Yaelle

Contrast this guy with my 27 year-old nephew. His investment guy told him he should do something more with his money and put a nice down-payment on a house and get out of his apartment.

He bought a tricked-out Lotus instead!


39 posted on 10/20/2015 12:50:14 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: kjam22

Not with a “few stuffed toys” on hand. I don’t understand adults with stuffed toys. Nope.


40 posted on 10/20/2015 12:52:01 PM PDT by huldah1776
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