Want a job in Silicon Valley? • Hacker News Board

Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by joshAg » Fri, May 31, 2013, 10:08 PM UTC

Glyptodon wrote: post #25

I would love a better job, but when it comes to the Bay Area I have a really hard time with: 1. Housing costs (too expensive) 2. Transportation time / locality (takes too long to get elsewhere in the Bay Area, probably can't live near the job because of #1) 3. Climate - San Fran is rather cold nearly all year round. 4. Because of 1 and 2 likely would not have a garage or space to do projects in. 5. Sometimes things s…

you know there's more to the bay area than just sf, right? it's been beautiful where i am in san jose/cupertino for the past month or so.

Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by mgarfias » Fri, May 31, 2013, 10:13 PM UTC

No.

Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by mgarfias » Fri, May 31, 2013, 10:13 PM UTC

No.

Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by johnjlocke » Sat, Jun 01, 2013, 3:44 AM UTC

NDizzle wrote: post #22

I mean this in the nicest way possible - not as a troll. The site needs checkboxes for 'are you young and innocent' and 'are you single and/or do you not care about your family and personal free time' Those are two huge requirements for most companies out here, but they can't admit this kind of stuff by law.

Amen brother. As a wise man once said, it's not what you earn, it's what you keep.

Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by johnjlocke » Sat, Jun 01, 2013, 3:45 AM UTC

potatolicious wrote: post #49

justinwi wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only thing SV doesn't offer is 3 months of vacation - unlimited vacation on the other hand is fairly popular: http://www.quora.com/Startups/Which-companies-have-an-unlimi... There's a war on for talent now. Be careful what you wish for.

"Unlimited vacation" is also grossly misleading in SV though. I have seen very, very few companies that actually live up to their own hype about encouraging employees to take off as much time as they need. More often than not, in SV at least, "unlimited vacation" policies is really just code for "don't take any". The small print is also "if you really do take a lot of time off, even if you're great, you don't belong…

It's the present day version of machismo.

Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by johnjlocke » Sat, Jun 01, 2013, 3:50 AM UTC

hkarthik wrote: post #54

The housing situation in the Bay Area is a real mess. That's the reason so few experienced engineers are willing to pack up and move there. It's surprising to me that despite being so innovative and forward thinking, startups and companies in the Bay Area aren't realizing they have to accept this as a constraint and start hiring remotely and find ways to make it work. Yes, it's sub-optimal to have a remote team in ma…

You hit the nail on the head. It kills me how much technology we have yet working with a remote team isn't even something a lot of top design teams will even consider. We have video conferencing in our pockets, but nope, gotta drive 3 hours (or more) every day in order to produce good design. It's baffling.