This Google employee from Mass. saves money by living in the parking lot
A 23-year-old Google employee from Massachusetts decided to save money on housing costs by living in a truck in the company parking lot.
The employee, named Brandon, interned at Google last summer, and found even the cheapest corporate housing offered would run him about $2,000 a month, Business Insider reports. When he got hired full-time, he put his $10,000 signing bonus down on a 16-foot Ford truck, with a bed, a dresser, and a coat rack.
According to BI, the only recurring cost is truck insurance – a snip at $121 a month compared to what he would be paying in rent at a traditional apartment. He showers, eats, and charges his electronics on Google’s campus, and documents his experiences on a blog called “Thoughts from Inside the Box.’’
With all his spare cash, he aims to have his student loans paid off after six months.
Read the full story at Business Insider.
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