Brendan Eich passed this along recently in a discussion on prototypal inheritance:
https://medium.com/the-backer-army/fighting-poverty-with-code-d1ed3ebd982d
It basically details the journey of one homeless techie through to a good job/life, and his kick starter to help stop homelessness.
Ever since I personally faced the problem of finding shelter with no income, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how we might solve the problem for everybody. That’s what programmers do best: identify a common problem and figure out how to solve the problem more generally.
You might think it’s impossible to solve a problem like homelessness. It’s so overwhelming! But you’d be wrong. In the US, we’re in the middle of a nation-wide initiative to end homelessness for good.
I have no idea if this sort of thing can help, but I think I'll follow his work and see if it applies here in Santa Fe. The kick starter passed its goal and is pressing on.
-- Owen
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