[0x00_]

I recognize this github from some fun c puzzles! The developer is intelligent. What gives? I don't understand why it is difficult for someone like that to find employment. Could someone from the bay area give some insight into this kind of thing? The scene is different than that in Boston.

[gcp]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellzey

Summary seems to be that his open source libraries are very widely used but he couldn't find a job in the Valley and became homeless.

[thinkMOAR]

Being able to write good and cool code is nice. Though there is more then coding skills to be a nice person to work with.

Wild (personal opinion, though many corporate would see the same https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/125894?v=3&s=360), erratic(see post and his GitHub history) communication; You can be the fanciest rocket science software coder, but i'm not surprised he has an employment issue. (do not read this as, i think its correct he has an employment issue)

[pawadu]

Had a good laugh reading his "skills" on his linkedin page.

I understand "Unicorn" and "Wizard", but what the hell is "Wheel Throwing"?

[csixty4]

It's a pottery technique

[flukus]

Well the writing style is nonsensical for one.

[pawadu]

Reminds me of Terry Davis of TempleOS.

With that said, some people just don't work in a team but on their own they can do miracles. I wish we could start a small pateron or flattr fund for these guys and let them do whatever they want. While there would be no immediate ROI, the world be a much more interesting and fun place to live...

[ab5tract]

We used to have a thing called welfare that would have done a decent job of taking care of him.

[majewsky]

This could also be an argument for UBI.

[falcolas]

> While there would be no immediate ROI

Well, this particular author is the creator of libevent, so there's probably enough ROI already.