I was only half-paying attention with this in the background until he started sounding sus so this first chunk is vague recollections:
2 years experience and got fired
Reason not mentioned
Was making 75k (pre-tax)
Last 6 months coasting on unemployment and allegedly applying for dev jobs with no success
Has not adjusted his spending down
Around 70'000 in student loans? Not sure I heard this right.
I think he mentioned a degree in Information Sciences and no certifications? Not sure I heard that right.
Massive doordash spending
Car loan near the end, didn't catch this one
Spending bigly on vapes (nicotine) 
Took out his retirement (10k) when he got fired? Apparently getting fired lets him avoid the fees for doing that?
Credit card debt
- 1000 a month just making his credit card payments?
$1700 rent utilities not included
- thinking about moving back home if he doesn't get a software engineering job before his lease runs out
He's doordashing Wendy's because it's a 10 minute drive and he doesn't want to do that
"I've been in debt since I was like 18 so..."
No friends, no relationship. "I have friends that live in Texas just not in Austin" 
"I'm not homeless yet so I gue-"
"I only get luck when I apply to software engineering with my specific tech stack" 
"It feels like I'm ummm I'm my dreams are dying is what it feels like"
"I feel like I'm getting consistent interviews"
- Thinks he's failing on the leetcode and stuff? Gets to the last couple rounds then never hears back?
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This guy is the poster child for the 2020s tech bust. Had some shitty 75k job where he probably did nothing when jobs were given out like candy, got convinced he "earned it" and now is left wandering the streets of Austin with his hipster beard and dumb sweater collecting unemployment thinking he's too good to go back to waiting tables, just needs to learn a new tech stack or something.
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