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After graduating from college, I spent a few months in San Francisco. I was not looking for a job, and what I saw (same issues describe in the original article)
by tbassetto 10y ago
After graduating from college, I spent a few months in San Francisco. I was not looking for a job, and what I saw (same issues describe in the original article) convinced me that I did not want to work in SF anyway.
After that, I worked for several startups in Paris. Tired of living in France, I joined a startup in … Oslo :) Unfortunately the startup died, and I joined Cisco because several years of startups were enough. I do enjoy Norway actually.
Skål!
- makapuf 10y agoas a matter of fact, what did you think of Paris/France ?
- tbassetto 10y agoFor the record: I am French, but grew up/studied in the countryside and lived in Paris "only" 3 years, for work, after graduation. What I liked in Paris: * access to culture, many theaters, cinemas, events, etc. * huge tech community (tons of meetups) * relatively cheap food and drinks (but I live in one of the most expensive country now, so feel free to disagree) What I disliked: * high rent prices * housing market flooded with old and flats (and getting older) * housing price so high that a couple of engineers could not buy anything else than a crappy 40m2 * crazy working hours (with the commute I was often back home only after 8pm), but don't forget that I only worked for early stage startups