Ask HN: Looking for work, donations, friendship, or advisors
The author shares a personal history of health struggles, including epilepsy, strokes, and addiction, and describes losing his career as a developer. He is now seeking work, donations, friendship, or advisors, and provides links to his resume, GitHub, and a GoFundMe page for support.
Background
- The author, Chris Johnson (cjohnson.io), is a software engineer who gained some notoriety on Hacker News for building "Telling Lies" (a desktop surveillance app) and for his work on a prior startup called "Basis" (a smartwatch company acquired by Google in 2014).
- This is an "Ask HN" post — a type of post on Hacker News (HN), a tech-community news aggregator run by Y Combinator, where members can submit questions or requests to the community.
- The author appears to have been involved in several controversial projects and has a history of public personal struggles, including financial difficulties and mental health issues, which have been discussed on HN before.
- The post is a plea for help — seeking job leads, donations, friendship, or advisors — reflecting a situation where a once-successful tech professional is now in a vulnerable position and turning to the HN community for support.