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Honestly I wish there was a "SV Vacation Party package" kinda of like what they have for college Springbreakers to Montreal, NYC or Cancun. Stripping away from
by noname123 11y ago
Honestly I wish there was a "SV Vacation Party package" kinda of like what they have for college Springbreakers to Montreal, NYC or Cancun.
Stripping away from all of the BS and being honest, I don't want to do any coding at all on vacation, just want to have the experience and have fun!
(1) Day 1, book me on a "startup trip" to Google campus and eat at the campus cafeteria, maybe get a massage or even a spa treatment from the salon trailers; listen to some cool TED talks; opportunities to stop by the Google Store to buy me some souvenir Android plush dolls.
(2) Day 2, immersion "hackathon" day at a trendy startup co-working space where there's lots of snacks and good espresso coffee, a mini-kege with craft beer and faux impromptu nerf-gun fight, retro-aracade tournament; and more TED talks and also lots of "breakout" socializing sessions where everyone gets to talk about their visions and business ideas; the point is I don't want to code at all, I want to "feel the energy" of a hackathon without doing any coding at all.
(3) Day 3, Fantasy "VC camp" where I get to play the VC and have tons of actor/actresses come and pitch me; and I get to offer them advices at the boardroom table and have them nod back at me; the point is I want to role-play the power reversal(!)
(4) "Lifestyle and Networking Workshops," the "early morning non-substance dance parties," the noon power-lunches or yoga, the after-work kickball league, the evening EDM bangers. I want to experience the life of a highly mobile young SV techie everywhere in the Bay Area (night clubs in SOMA, hipster bars in Oakland, makerspace in Palo Alto, hookah joints in Berkeley).
You may think my descriptions is meant to be satire. But to be honest, I feel like a trip like this would be more memorable and more cost-effective for those who wants to experience the startup lifestyle than moving out to the Bay Area and actually working and paying exorbitant rent for 2+ years before giving the startup shutdown notice.