Well for me no and I don't really see the possibility of someone who is not employed to be investing in bitcoin or in crypto, so is either the person is self employed or the person is working for someone.That is to to say without a source of income one can't really invest in bitcoin, infact not just having a source of income the person must have a discretionary income to invest with if  not the person is not fit to invest in bitcoin. As regards to your friend is either he was self employed if not going into bitcoin , would really become a challenge since there is no discretionary income to invest in bitcoin.