That's cool... but why?

Why, is a question we have been getting a lot lately. A question to which I often reply "Why not?" but here is the real answer. Sometime last year Eric discovered his talent for coding and has been teaching himself in his spare time. Now he has the opportunity to attend a three month intensive training program at Dev Bootcamp in San Francisco. Dev Bootcamp is like an apprenticeship on steroids. The idea is that web development can be taught in a much shorter amount of time than it takes to get the typical CS degree. The students are completely immersed in code for 9-12 weeks. Post graduation hire rates at DBC are about 90% within 3 months, far better than recent college graduates. That, combined with the near perfect weather by the bay made this an easy decision. 

So, why the airstream? Well, a few years ago I heard a song by Regina Spektor. In part of the song she describes a simpler life that appealed to me “Lets get a silver bullet trailer, and have a baby boy. I’ll safety pin his clothes all cool and you'll graffiti up his toys”.  After listening to this song like a thousand times, the Airstream seed was planted. I think the sticker shock of  housing prices in San Fran helped the idea really take root. 

Just by purchasing a vintage Airstream here in the South East and driving it to California we should actually make money. Hopefully if we buy it right and polish it up, we will have a nice home with some sweat equity. At the very least, though, we wont lose money on the deal.

So that's why. I'll explain how we plan to bring this dream to fruition in another post, along a few life lessons we have already learned on this journey.