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There are some really amazing places and people out there. You can have an excellent life and career without ever travelling to California. Or even the USA! I don't buy the letter grade rhetoric at all.
Odd that a recruiter writes an article claiming that where she works to recruit is where the talent should move to as well. #NotSuspect
> "he doesn't work too hard" This is desirable. It's not surprising that this person is a "Founder/CEO" and her definition of "A+" is "working hard". But she'll give you some worthless stock options!
However, if you want to be exceptionally successful, it obviously helps to work hard. And if you don't particularly care about being exceptionally successful, it's a lot easier to relax and not work hard. Is that something you actually disagree with?
Also, you seem to have totally missed the point of that anecdote. Yes, it IS desirable to him. He has a great life.
You don't necessarily need to try to become super successful. In fact, you just might be a lot happier if you decided to stop trying to achieve that. But if you're in tech and you do want that -- truly exceptional success, not just being quite successful -- you'll be better off in the bay area.