Sounds more like my friends doing ibanking in NY than my friends doing startups in SF.
This Is Your Life in Silicon Valley
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#22You guys take yourselves too seriously. I think this article is funny as hell. "You briefly use mobile Safari to browse for Vipassana retreats — you hear a 10 day retreat in Soquel may be the ticket to shake things up. You realize it’s not going to be possible. You download a meditation app. You turn it off. You don’t have time." TOO REAL
Very surprised to not see any jabs at Burning Man, or waiting in line for brunch.
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#23Reading this was an interesting anthropological experience to me as the lifestyle is so different from my own though it seems the underlying long-term goals are similar to mine (wealth, meaning, having smart and interesting friends and acquaintances). I too live in SV, but in a modest home I own in the East Bay. I too commute a little less than an hour to work, but I do my own grocery shopping and I don't care for ni…
Most people would consider $60k/year in discretionary income a little more than "decently high".
Of course, discretionary income and salary are not the same thing. If you are a developer in the valley paying to live in Palo Alto, driving a BMW, etc. you too could choose to have a lot more discretionary income.
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#24The screenshot of Excel '97 running in WINE is what makes the post great.
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#25Meh, not written by someone who lives here: "the 280"? Freeways don't get articles around here, bub.
Clearly a plant from the LA startup scene.
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#26Hmm. Okay.
My reaction exactly. I read through the entire article (inexplicably) and I can't tell what it's trying to "say." What am I supposed to feel after reading this exposition?
I think it's supposed to be a satirical think-piece? The author is linked to The Bold Italic, the king of local pretension.
Something something something unexamined privilege, I rather suspect. It'd be funnier if the author wasn't trying to make some kind of political point muddled by half-baked humor.
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#27This article is far too on-the-nose for my taste. As an exaggerated critique of Silicon Valley, I much rather enjoyed Anna Wiener's "Uncanny Valley".
Article: https://nplusonemag.com/issue-25/on-the-fringe/uncanny-valle...
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11565691
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most people would consider $60k/year in discretionary income a little more than "decently high".
Of course, discretionary income and salary are not the same thing. If you are a developer in the valley paying to live in Palo Alto, driving a BMW, etc. you too could choose to have a lot more discretionary income.
$60k is more than 88% of Americans make in total income. Having that for discretionary spending would place you well within the top 1-2% of Americans, regardless of how much or how little your living expenses are.
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#29Perhaps its same back in silicon valley of india too.Life here comes with reduced perks from unlivable traffic to substandard infrastructures.But the story is same everywhere across the industry I believe given greatest advantage is being close to your loved ones.
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#30Meh, not written by someone who lives here: " the 280"? Freeways don't get articles around here, bub. Clearly a plant from the LA startup scene.
Good catch!
Puzzler: at what latitude does 101 become "Teh 101"?