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The Valley Is Fucked

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Re: The Valley Is Fucked

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Post by nhangen »

mempko wrote: post #24
zw123456 wrote: post #14

Homelessness, mentally ill, chronically unemployed, etc. these are serious issues that are obviously not unique to "the valley" or SF or any number of other places that border on affluent areas. I think the gist of the rant is that there is a lot of wealth in "the valley" but for some reason it does not "trickle down" to those with problems. Unfortunately, this is an issue that is much harder to solve than writing th…

Get rid of money. And if you can't do that. Tax, tax, tax the rich

That's a recipe for disaster.

Re: The Valley Is Fucked

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Post by tylerlh »

This seems like it was written by someone with no real development experience.

Just because you spent some time with some tech bros in a house in SF doesn't mean you know what's going on here.

I'm sure you'll get some clicks on your Tumblr or whatever, but I can confidently say that doesn't define the work of an engineer in the Bay Area.

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Post by raptormissle »

ghc wrote: post #30

> If you don't know Git, you don't know shit. If you have a Tumblr site you haven't updated in six months and you call yourself a programmer, you're an embarrassment to the language you claim to know. That pretty much tells you everything you need to know about this writer. It doesn't seem hard to imagine that if you're a hacker wannabe who thinks things like having a tumblr are important to selling your skillset, or…

LOL, I laughed out loud when I read the line about Tumblr. What a conceited little shit this person must be.

TLDR; couldn't make it in the valley so I skipped the country.

Re: The Valley Is Fucked

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Post by xzatious »

I can't even put into words how much this post sucks, I've been trying for 15 minutes and getting enraged instead. So instead I'll just say your privilege is disgusting, not only on a human/personal level but at a technical level as well. I hope you step on a lego.

Re: The Valley Is Fucked

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Post by DominikR »

rfnslyr wrote: post #5

To other HNers. I'm looking to move to a different country for good. I'm thinking Germany. It's beautiful. Music, art, amazing women, startups, history, Europe. Where should I go? I have all the money in the world and I'm looking to settle elsewhere besides North America. Suggestions? OP: I like the way you rant.

These surveys might help you decide:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Quality_of_Living_Survey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_most_livable_cities

I personally would consider these cities (safe, strong tech community):

Berlin, Munich, Zurich, Vienna, Stockholm

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Post by nhangen »

num3ric wrote: post #13

Go to Berlin. Bring your startup there. Hang out at Sankt Oberholz. Visit Soundcloud & Google. Attend CCC/C-Base events. Attend LEAP events and teach artists/designers to code at hackathons. Enjoy the fantastic & relatively cheap living environment. Techno. I miss Berlin.

I live in FL and the tech scene sucks. I think you've convinced me to spend some time there!

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Post by [deleted] »

raptormissle wrote: post #33
ghc wrote: post #30

> If you don't know Git, you don't know shit. If you have a Tumblr site you haven't updated in six months and you call yourself a programmer, you're an embarrassment to the language you claim to know. That pretty much tells you everything you need to know about this writer. It doesn't seem hard to imagine that if you're a hacker wannabe who thinks things like having a tumblr are important to selling your skillset, or…

LOL, I laughed out loud when I read the line about Tumblr. What a conceited little shit this person must be. TLDR; couldn't make it in the valley so I skipped the country.

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Re: The Valley Is Fucked

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Post by gwenbell »

Hi. I'm Gwen Bell. I stand behind everything I wrote in this piece, but I chose not to publish it because it was pretty harsh.

The person who submitted this is not me, but I guess they found the commit. Must have been digging. If you have any questions, feel free to reach me at gwen@gwenbell.com.

Re: The Valley Is Fucked

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Post by 11thEarlOfMar »

Better title "The Valley is not what I Thought it was"

If you are a competent dev and you try and fail at starting your own thing, get a full time job. They will pay you enough to afford you your own place where the only person you have to clean up after is yourself. If you can't get a full time job, you probably are not the dev you thought you were, and you probably should head some place that has marginal areas where you can fall. You probably don't even have to go as far as Singapore.

Re: The Valley Is Fucked

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Post by nhangen »

ghc wrote: post #30

> If you don't know Git, you don't know shit. If you have a Tumblr site you haven't updated in six months and you call yourself a programmer, you're an embarrassment to the language you claim to know. That pretty much tells you everything you need to know about this writer. It doesn't seem hard to imagine that if you're a hacker wannabe who thinks things like having a tumblr are important to selling your skillset, or…

I read it differently. I thought she was referring to her difficulties finding traction without being a Git pro or Tumblr addict.
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