This Google employee just couldn't get ahead
with his student loans thanks to his high rent. So he took the cost of rent out
of his budget by purchasing a truck, parking it in the Google parking lot and
moving in.
Brandon is a 23 year old software
engineer at Google who decided that he was tired of paying rental on an
apartment ($2,000 per month) that he was hardly ever at so he bought a $10,000
16-foot 2006 Ford with 157,000 miles on it , which he parks on the Google
premises and which doubles as his home. He eats and showers in the building and
is able to save almost 90% of his monthly salary by cutting his living costs so
dramatically.
“I
realized I was paying an exorbitant amount of money for the apartment I was
staying in — and I was almost never home. It’s really hard to justify throwing
that kind of money away. You’re essentially burning it — you’re not putting
equity in anything and you’re not building it up for a future — and that was
really hard for me to reconcile,” says Brandon.
Because he is saving so much money, Brandon expects to payoff his $22,434 in student loans within the next 6 months. Brandon isn’t sure how much longer he wants to live in the truck. For now it’s working out perfectly and doesn’t see himself moving out any time soon. really hard for me to reconcile,” says Brandon.
Google Employee Saves 90% Of His Salary By Living In A Truck
