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Ask HN: What to do as a programmer about to go homeless

I'm a full stack freelance web developer with several projects all heavily delayed. Meanwhile I'm living overseas in a country where I don't know anyone (Vancouver, British Columbia), have $60 USD left in my bank account, and only have rent paid for another 2 days (at a hostel). Food here is pretty expensive and runs about $15/day even if you really try to save, especially if you don't have a permanent place for groceries.

It seems to me my best bet of making money is exchanging programming services for money as usual. How do I make this kind of trade last-minute?

Resume is in profile if that helps give advice. Also, this is a special case, but I have no one to borrow money from.

46 points _g2lm 12 years ago 55 comments

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