1.) People are *always* talking about technology and work: on a hiking trail this guy was talking about their CI/CD to his hiking buddy. On the BART I'm pretty sure I saw a blinder in real life: some dude was boasting about his TC and equity at his series D funded startup (some lady actually had to shush him). It was actually pretty insufferable. 2.) So many more EVs. I see Teslas, Polestar, Kia EVs, etc. literally every other car. Funny thing is I saw a new Porsche Taycan merge in a tight spot and almost get into an accident. Money can't buy driving skills I guess. 3.) People are always at the forefront of technology, and access to it is very open. For example going to talks hosted by the frontend god Gaeron (Dan Abramov) was easily accessible. I can't imagine anywhere else having this privilege and opportunity. It really is a mecca of technology and I guess lends to #1 bullet point. 4.) The ratio! My gosh, I went to the bars with my friend in Mantain View and I swear the ratio of guys to girls were at least 6:1. I understand and sympathize with all the dating woes posts in blind now. 5.) Entitlement when meeting new people. It seems like every other person I met in SF is a tech bro. Usually the first question asked is "Where do you work?" Felt like responding anything besides FAANG or a well established startup was met with a disappointed "ah". The women seemed to be colder to reception if you didn't work at a well known company. Or god forbid if you aren't a software engineer 😱. Same with guys too, though. Met a guy who was early Snowflake engineer and he thought he deserved 10/10 supermodel just because of his net worth, which I suppose he equated to his social standing. Left a toxic feeling in my mouth. Overall, I enjoyed the outdoor environment of the bay area (really green and lush hiking trails), but I probably would not move here even if it equated to higher TC. Felt hard to make connections without feeling constantly being sized up. TC: 180k
I can confirm this.. some of my “friends” senior to me by age(mid 30’s) have their whole life revolving around where they work. Heck I am friends with a guy who lives in SF .. is in Google and non tech. Every sentence that comes out of his mouth has “google” in it. It’s simply pathetic.
There are plenty of communities outside of tech but you need to live here a bit to find them.
East bay is more normal. Not the valley
100% true. It's exhausting being around non-stop tech and money talk in the bay. Can't even sit down for coffee without hearing some guy's startup pitch at the other table
I’m from the SD office so going to the coffee shop is a much more normal experience, for example I can actually eavesdrop on first dates where they talk about other stuff rather than work😂
Yeah, I worked in socal for a while and it was a breath of fresh air. It did get tiring in other ways though!
And now imagine, Seattle is all of this, but with the shittiest weather on the planet and even more boring people. But yeah - pAcIfIc NoRtHwEsT baby!!!
1) Everyone talks about hiking constantly too. I’m sick of hearing about hiking. How many times can you look at trees and why do you want to drive for an hour each way to look at them? 3) Oh shit, where can I hear Dan Abramov give a talk? I live in the Bay area and I would love to hear a talk by him
TBF, that's much better than Midwest/East coast constantly talking about "where can we eat next? Which place has the best niche mandalorian dessert, which place has 1 Michelin star". That's way more unhealthy when your non work hours are around gluttony.
No way. A really great meal is a work of art and a unique experience rolled into one. And it makes for good conversation. No one cares that you walked around and saw a bunch of trees
Yes moved to SF a couple years ago and was shocked at this culture. Hung out with a group post workout and everyone was just comparing benefits, company catering, etc. It felt really weird.
Isn’t Blind’s metaverse amazing? I couldn’t believe it either when I tried it out.
Spot on, except one point. It isn’t this lush and green all the time, this year it has rained a lot and hasn’t been super hot. Last few years all the hills were brown and depressing af
This is so accurate i couldn't have described it better myself. I found it so weird when even on dates they want to know what job do you do and it felt like they're trying to gauge my income lol. I would say meet people at low key meetup events like soccer or other activities to find people who dont constantly talk about money or are one upping their friends in terms of lifestyle (cars, home, tc etc.)
Very accurate. I actually was looking to buy a condo here but realized this week that this isn’t the place for me. Everything revolves around tech and showing off. I’ve meet good people here but the majority of the corporate employees here are shallow as fuck
Not as shallow as LA or Miami
I have never meet more shallow people then in south beach