Honda Civic

Austen lived in a Honda Civic to break into Silicon Valley

Broke and skill-less, Austen saw a Hacker News post about a guy living in his car, realized he had the same 2-seater Honda Civic, put an air mattress in it, and drove to the Bay Area rather than pay $800/month rent.

“I saw on Hacker News, there was some guy who'd Re— like, reworked his Honda Civic to live in it. And I was like, oh my gosh, I have that same 2-seater Honda Civic. And crazy as it sounds, like, I started looking at like rent in the Bay Area and it was like $800 a month. And I was like, I can't— who can afford $800 a month? That's ridiculous, right? For one room. Yeah. So I just put an air mattress in my car and drove out there and said, I'll figure it out.”