A homeless man learned to code and became famous; one year later, he stopped

Poverty is crippling, not just in the lack of money, but in the severe amount of time that it takes just to get the basics of food, shelter, and safety. Reminds me of Mazlow's pyramid. There's no time for coding if you're hustling all day to get a bed or a meal. And there's even less time to leapfrog from coding to business.

Many homeless people are like this. They choose to live this way because they don't have to deal with the responsibilities of life.

You can't eat fame or pay rent with fame.