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Re: HN: We're starting a "Move to Silicon Valley" wiki. We could use some help.

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Post by cmelbye » Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 2:32 PM UTC

I'm not a great resource of Silicon Valley startup advice, but if you need any help with the technical aspects (such as rewrite rules so you don't have URLs that look like /~svstartu/index.php?title=Main_Page ;), or if you need a skin, MediaWiki extension, etc, I'd be happy to help. I have some experience with the internals of MediaWiki.

EDIT: Also, for others looking where to start, take a peek at this page for a full list of pages that need to be created: http://svstartup.com/~svstartu/index.php?title=Special:Wante...

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#22

Post by iamelgringo » Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 2:50 PM UTC

cmelbye wrote: post #21

I'm not a great resource of Silicon Valley startup advice, but if you need any help with the technical aspects (such as rewrite rules so you don't have URLs that look like /~svstartu/index.php?title=Main_Page ;), or if you need a skin, MediaWiki extension, etc, I'd be happy to help. I have some experience with the internals of MediaWiki. EDIT: Also, for others looking where to start, take a peek at this page for a fu…

Very cool. I'll ping Tristan to start a conversation about this.

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#23

Post by equivalence » Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 2:51 PM UTC

I think this is a good idea not only for those seeking to move to the Valley but also those just there for a visit. I was there for a week before and after Startup School this year and I would have loved to have had a definitive hackers reference for the area. It might also be worth asking pg is you can use some of the content from his "Where to see in Silicon Valley" essay.

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#24

Post by hugh3 » Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 2:51 PM UTC

Why just Silicon Valley and not the whole SF Bay Area?

edit: Actually, now I look at your wiki it seems to be focused on the whole Bay Area while just claiming to be about the valley. This is wrong: San Francisco isn't part of SV and certainly the East Bay isn't either. (San Jose is debatable.) Now, while most of the early errors made in a wiki will get corrected eventually, giving it the wrong name is an uncorrectable error, so I'd recommend changing the name before you do anything else.

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Post by pdelgallego » Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 2:57 PM UTC

rabc wrote: post #3

My suggestion: a section about immigration and a list of startups hiring people who wants to work in U.S.

+1

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#26

Post by lfnik » Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 3:49 PM UTC

This could be invaluable to me. I plan on quitting my job at the startup where I currently work to move to SF/SV (Prefer SF) and look for work. Resources for networking, places to work on projects and cheap places to crash.

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Post by sabat » Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 3:54 PM UTC

hugh3 wrote: post #24

Why just Silicon Valley and not the whole SF Bay Area? edit: Actually, now I look at your wiki it seems to be focused on the whole Bay Area while just claiming to be about the valley. This is wrong: San Francisco isn't part of SV and certainly the East Bay isn't either. (San Jose is debatable.) Now, while most of the early errors made in a wiki will get corrected eventually, giving it the wrong name is an uncorrectab…

I definitely agree -- the "Silicon Valley" has expanded in meaning from the Santa Clara Valley to the whole Bay Area anyway.

I've always wanted to write up a "so you just moved to the Bay Area; everything you know about living here is probably wrong" post, and I may just contribute to the wiki instead.

San Jose is debatable

Huh? Isn't San Jose in the Santa Clara Valley?

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#28

Post by sero » Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 3:58 PM UTC

Wow, what perfect timing, I'm planning on moving out there in 6 months and just started my research :) I'll add my thoughts to the wiki after I go through the whole process

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#29

Post by dholowiski » Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 4:04 PM UTC

pclark wrote: post #12

rabc wrote: post #3

My suggestion: a section about immigration and a list of startups hiring people who wants to work in U.S.

dear lord: please someone make a resource for immigration. it is baffling.

I second this. A section for each country & scenario would be great! If someone could start with unemployeed, broke programmer with no college or university degree, hoping to move from Canada to SF, that would be great.

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#30

Post by dholowiski » Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 4:05 PM UTC

pclark wrote: post #12

rabc wrote: post #3

My suggestion: a section about immigration and a list of startups hiring people who wants to work in U.S.

dear lord: please someone make a resource for immigration. it is baffling.

I second this. A section for each country & scenario would be great! If someone could start with unemployeed, broke programmer with no college or university degree, hoping to move from Canada to SF, that would be great.