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Re: Ask HN: I'm visiting SF for 3 days, what do I do?

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Post by angelbar »

jowiar wrote: post #10

Forget all of that. The most interesting people in tech are largely not in San Francisco (and the ones who you find are loud, while the ones who are interesting you won't find). Instead: SF is a stellar place to unwind. Do that. Catch a Giants game. Drink fantastic coffee (Sightglass, Blue Bottle, Epicenter, Four Barrel, Ritual, etc.) Get a Chocolate Shot at Tcho, Ice Cream at Humphry Slocombe, a burrito in the Missi…

Try to somehow sneak-in Mythbusters?

Also: I remember a "Still untitled" videos (Tested on youtube) that they mentioned some good food places.

Re: Ask HN: I'm visiting SF for 3 days, what do I do?

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Post by stigi »

jowiar wrote: post #10

Forget all of that. The most interesting people in tech are largely not in San Francisco (and the ones who you find are loud, while the ones who are interesting you won't find). Instead: SF is a stellar place to unwind. Do that. Catch a Giants game. Drink fantastic coffee (Sightglass, Blue Bottle, Epicenter, Four Barrel, Ritual, etc.) Get a Chocolate Shot at Tcho, Ice Cream at Humphry Slocombe, a burrito in the Missi…

+1

Also get a cinnamon toast at Trouble on Judah St and take a walk on ocean beach.

Re: Ask HN: I'm visiting SF for 3 days, what do I do?

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Post by zealoustiger »

If the goal is to relax and "absorb" tech culture, I'd go with everyone else's suggestions. Tech-focused cafes include Creamery, SightGlass, Philz, and The Grove in SOMA. If you have a car, driving around Sand Hill (not in SF) and visiting Rosewood will definitely give you the opportunity to tech eves-drop.

If you'd like to meet some real entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, investors in the trenches, download our app (www.weavenow.us). There are thousands of people you can meet in SF if they're also interested in meeting you.

Re: Ask HN: I'm visiting SF for 3 days, what do I do?

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Post by idiotb »

igaape wrote: post #18

I suggest doing some online research and find people / companies that interest you and then cold email them and try to set up meeting a couple of people before you get there and then expand your network from there. Its the best way to go about it. Make friends and then friends of friends. 3 days is a short time so make sure you unwind as well. SF has a lot to offer. (Although if I was in your place i'd have prolly no…

Hey! thanks for comment.

I'd be meeting a friend at Dropbox and later on thursday will be going for Github Drinkup. My main goal for the trip is to see tech community as I just graduated from Hacker School, NY. I'm exploring my career options now.

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