Was the meetup in Santa Clara? Santa Clara is not where the "action" is, so to speak. SF is the center of action in Silicon Valley, even though it is technically not in the actual geographic valley. Other hotbeds of startup activity would include the Palo Alto, Mountain View, and Menlo Park area. As it stands, Santa Clara is quite far from the epicenter of Silicon Valley. Along those lines, 90% of meetups in Silicon…
OP here. The meetup was in Menlo Park. I had to take VTA for more than an hour and bike for another hour to get there. And yes, I should have chosen to stay in SF.. but I've already paid the rent and there's nothing I could do now. I will travel to SF whenever needed, though that costs me a significant amount of time and money. My biggest concern is that, I do not have experience in IT field, and thus I am not sure w…
SF is quite expensive. Another option for the future is to live in the East Bay (Oakland or Berkeley), near a BART station.
I see now that you listed Android under your "Interests," which is okay, but it will lead many employers to think you actually have experience with Android. If you want to get into Android development, the burden is on you to teach yourself the basics and get an app into the Play store. Doing this will greatly improve your chances of getting an internship with Android dev. Most startups are not actually interested in teaching intern on the job. Most startups use internships as an extended interview.