I've known a few folks who have been homeless or had mental health issues, sometimes while working as a dev. Trauma and mental health concerns are good to consider but they're not necessarily showstoppers.
Yes I ran my comment through and asked it to take the rough edges off. I have no desire to worsen someone else's experience and my attempt at a comment was too cold. I simply want to warn people to have their guard up whilst helping.
"Mentioning social engineering to access hospital facilities and considering theft for food are alarming. While food banks do exist in Canada, their mention of theft instead of seeking such legitimate aid is troubling."
No its really not. People need to eat and not freeze. Period.
> Extended Unemployment Despite Skills: They claim to possess in-demand technical skills but have been unable to secure employment for six months. This discrepancy is concerning and warrants a deeper understanding of the reasons behind it.
It does indeed. Do you have that deeper understanding? Are you familiar with the job market for devs in Alberta? Have you attempted to understand what reasons there may be for that, or have you just taken a wild assumption (you know what that makes out of you and me)?
> Questionable Survival Tactics: Mentioning social engineering to access hospital facilities and considering theft for food are alarming. While food banks do exist in Canada, their mention of theft instead of seeking such legitimate aid is troubling.
No. If you truly believe any of that sentence please go do some Googling and reflection. There are many reasons why people avoid shelters and foodbanks.
> Story Appealing to a Specific Audience: Their narrative seems particularly designed to resonate with readers of a tech-focused forum like Y Combinator. This targeted appeal could be genuine but also might be a strategy to elicit sympathy and assistance from a specific demographic.
Or it could be that they're part of the same demographic.
> Recurring Pattern of Issues: There's a consistent theme of conflicts and problems in various aspects of their life, including with government systems, psychologists, employers, and personal relationships. The fact that they are the common denominator in these issues is concerning.
I think it's safe to say that most people have (or have had) conflicts with government systems, employers, and personal relationships; and it's quite possible to get a bad psychologist.
I don't know who emilsedgh is but I think it's also safe to say that they read the same post you did. You're not providing any info here, you're just sharing your opinion on why OP should continue being homeless (which essentially boils down to "because he's honest", by the way: he could've easily lied and pretended he fits in perfectly everywhere and just had rotten luck).
Im in the very same boat for exposing what the corrupt government was doing in ontario (Canada) (forcing youth into gangs through mothers who sell their children in exchange for cash to the state)
some you see them as thugs when it was once a bright individual who had perfect grades; just needed the support to get to where they was destined...instead some parents sell their kids for money instead, than nurturing potential.
reality far from how we was taught, open your eyes; evil is being done and being covered as mental illness
The goal of my comments is to encourage vigilance if choosing to help. I have not set out to encourage people not to help. I was also specifically asked to elaborate when I tried to be vague and point to generic red flags.
My original comment was simply flagging that there are red flags present. I didn't enumerate or elaborate any further than that until I was specifically asked to. Apologies if you feel that is dehumanising.
