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> The weather was great (two days of sunny blue skies). Seattle from October through January is nothing like this. I literally didn't see the sun for over 20 d

by aianus 11y ago

> The weather was great (two days of sunny blue skies). Seattle from October through January is nothing like this. I literally didn't see the sun for over 20 days straight at one point (it's foggy and rainy non-stop during the winter).

mikestew 11y ago
20 days, huh? Must have been a mild winter. Smart-assery aside, yeah, Seattle has awesome summers, albeit mighty short some years. November comes, you better head down to the NorthFace outlet and get a GoreTex jacket or two.
meatysnapper 11y ago
That's nothing. In 1998 (I'm pretty sure) Seattle had 96 days of light drizzle with nary a ray of sunshine. The suicide rate went up massively, and I decided to move to CA as soon as I had the means.
- jdp23 11y ago
  I remember that winter well. I was founder-CTO of a Silicon Valley-based startup, and we were working on a big deal with Microsoft. After they hired away the first two people we put on the project, I stepped in, and spent several weeks a month up in the Seattle area. I still remember telling the board, "the only way they'll be able to hire me is to buy the company!" and we all had a good laugh. Which is of course what happened -- they decided they wanted the technology and the engineering team (including me) and after some negotation got to a price that worked for everybody. Moving up to Redmond was part of the deal. At the celebration party, people gave me various presents -- including a scuba mask, flippers, rubbers, several umbrellas... And yeah, everything they say about the winters here is true. So please please please don't move here :)
  - aaronbrethorst 11y ago
    Hey Jon - I don't think I've seen you since you ran those Ad Astra hackathons inside MS. Hope you're doing well! Huh, just noticed this: http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2007/11/low-hanging-late-harvest-fruit.html http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2007/11/low-hanging-late-harves... It looks like you and I left Microsoft in the same week. Funny timing.
    - jdp23 11y ago
      Hi Aaron, hah, I had forgotten all about that link. Thanks Mini! And as for us leaving at the same time, funny how that works :)

by aianus 11y ago

mikestew 11y ago

20 days, huh? Must have been a mild winter. Smart-assery aside, yeah, Seattle has awesome summers, albeit mighty short some years. November comes, you better head down to the NorthFace outlet and get a GoreTex jacket or two.

meatysnapper 11y ago

That's nothing. In 1998 (I'm pretty sure) Seattle had 96 days of light drizzle with nary a ray of sunshine. The suicide rate went up massively, and I decided to move to CA as soon as I had the means.

jdp23 11y ago
I remember that winter well. I was founder-CTO of a Silicon Valley-based startup, and we were working on a big deal with Microsoft. After they hired away the first two people we put on the project, I stepped in, and spent several weeks a month up in the Seattle area. I still remember telling the board, "the only way they'll be able to hire me is to buy the company!" and we all had a good laugh. Which is of course what happened -- they decided they wanted the technology and the engineering team (including me) and after some negotation got to a price that worked for everybody. Moving up to Redmond was part of the deal. At the celebration party, people gave me various presents -- including a scuba mask, flippers, rubbers, several umbrellas... And yeah, everything they say about the winters here is true. So please please please don't move here :)
- aaronbrethorst 11y ago
  Hey Jon - I don't think I've seen you since you ran those Ad Astra hackathons inside MS. Hope you're doing well! Huh, just noticed this: http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2007/11/low-hanging-late-harvest-fruit.html http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2007/11/low-hanging-late-harves... It looks like you and I left Microsoft in the same week. Funny timing.
  - jdp23 11y ago
    Hi Aaron, hah, I had forgotten all about that link. Thanks Mini! And as for us leaving at the same time, funny how that works :)