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Moved to Mountain View in 1987, then to SF about a year later, then to the Santa Cruz mountains about 10 years ago. My wife and I were in tech that whole time
by luckydude 11y ago
Moved to Mountain View in 1987, then to SF about a year later, then to the Santa Cruz mountains about 10 years ago.
My wife and I were in tech that whole time (me: SCO, Sun, SGI, Cobalt, briefly at Google, then BitMover).
Neither of us enjoy going to Mountain View any more. It's the worst parts of a big city (crowded, traffic, parking, expensive housing) and the worst part of the suburbs.
And there is a lot of snobbery about where you work and what you do, that's been there since the first day I got there (and I'm part of the problem, I was all snotty about the fact that I worked in Sun's kernel group; at the time that was the top of the heap, at least in my eyes).
Personally, I'm happier up in the mountains. Can still get to SF in about 1h15m, get to the valley in about 30m but I live among redwoods, falcons, etc.
- Hydraulix989 11y agoIf anything, I think low-level programming has become an underappreciated skill. If you work on kernel development, be as snooty as you want. These days, those jobs that require real expertise and in-depth knowledge aren't nearly as heavily compensated as your run-of-the-mill Rails dev Stackoverflow pasting position.
- el_benhameen 11y agoHow's housing up there? I went to school at the UC and have always dreamed about moving back.
- Johnnybe 11y agoRedwoods, falcons = real friends
- jjtheblunt 11y agoTotally same for my wife and me: 15 minutes up into mountains and the nonsense is 10 miles away.