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The experiment failed: “Homeless Coder” Leo stopped programming and stayed on the street
The “Homeless Coder” by Leo Grand, whose fate was followed by the largest IT publications of the world, could not change his life. In August 2013, the young programmer Patrick McConlogue offered Leo to choose - $ 100 in cash or two -month programming courses.
The homeless chose the second option, and four months later released the Trees for Cars application, allowing people to make joint trips. This application, he said, brought him 10-15 thousand dollars.
According to Mashable , today Trees for Cars is removed from app stores due to the fact that the programmer has stopped paying for its server. Leo himself continues to live on the street; He stopped regularly engaged in programming and lives for random earnings.
He dreams of creating a second application that will be even more popular and will bring him enough money to settle in an elite residential complex.
When asked why this happened, Grand did not find a clear answer: “Because, you know, this is life. Different things are happening. You must do one or the other. ”