A 23-year-old Google employee lives in a truck in the company's parking lot and saves
 

If I were younger, I would do this in an instant. I pay well over half my income just on rent. I live in a small one bedroom. It is outrageously expensive but I walk to work. That helps a lot.

http://www.businessinsider.com/googl...ng-lot-2015-10

now that Brandon has been found out, I bet Google will make him move?
time for a tiny house, built on a ford van chassis.

I think that Google is already aware.

Recall the resident(?) at 'St. Elsewhere' who had a motor home in the parking lot? Fiction of course, but the idea was out there. But this of course is irregular and actually illegal. Living too poor is illegal in various ways, a fact that allows for oppression when desired.

I had a colleague who lived in a smallish motor home in the company parking lot for a few months so he could get money saved to get an apartment. His wife had thrown him out and the owners were understanding. Rents here in silicon valley are insane.

Selective enforcement.

Where I live, there are lots of people who live in their vehicles. We call them "homeless".

Interesting - does not mention Brandon's salary.

As a software engineer he should be making 65-70,000 +.

Sounds like he has a plan.

Who does this guy think he is? We need a new tax to make him pay his fair share.

Commie...;)

After my last visit to OAK/SFO in the spring and seeing what the prices are for lodgings then. Not surprised at all. This is nothing new, having worked in the Airline industry and seeing the crash pads and RV's for employees. Sucks, but one will do strange things to keep a good job.



Barney

$65 or $70 thousand is nothing around here especially around the San Francisco area that is much more than around where I live with the cheapest rent being $1,499 a month and you still have to pay ALL utilities. And don't think you are going to get your big ass deposit back either. A cat is $50 a month and dog is $100 a month with another hefty deposit of $500.

Oh, they don't come with a frig, you have to rent or buy that separately.

Ahem. A guy making 70K, hmmm, 45-50 after taxes, OK, 1500 + utilities is going to eat up close to half of that. saving by cutting expenses makes sense. He'd better be planning to get his own startup going with the savings.....

I stay in my tiny house that I bought in the 1980s and make the long commute because the house payments are $490/mo.

If I were to move, even into a one bedroom apartment, my monthly living expenses would double at least. I'd rather be putting that $500/month towards my retirement, thank you......................

Where the Google guy lives is almost incomprehensible. He was paying $2,000 a month to share a space with others. That tells you how much that fricking area cost. I have a friend that lives in Palo Alto $3,000 a month.