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Reason no. 42614 not to live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

by nextstep 8y ago

collyw 8y ago
42615, you might end up working with Salesforce.
- andegre 8y ago
  I'm chiming in late in the game here, but what's wrong with Salesforce? (Only reason I ask is because of the piece that I just saw on 60 minutes Sunday night, so your comment piqued my interest)
  - PunchTornado 8y ago
    It's slow AF.
    - notfromhere 8y ago
      Basically ever database SaaS tool is slow AF. They don't tell you that during the sales cycle though
    - aidenn0 8y ago
      AF?
      - komali2 8y ago
        as fuck
  - collyw 8y ago
    Development in a web browser. Everything is paginated. A bastardiation of Java and SQL - without joins as the language it uses. An over complicated data model (for the business I had to integrate it with at least. Some things could only be done via SOAP. I had to integrate our existing Django based system with Salesforce. What I expected to take a few days took a few months. Similar syncing of data between another Django based system did take a couple of days. I can't go on, it brings back too many bad memories. If you have ever enjoyed development you will hate Salesforce. It feels like the tech equivalent of digging holes and filling them back in again.
komali2 8y ago
Don't live in Houston because hurricanes and flooding. Don't live in New York or Chicago because cold. Don't live in Seattle because rain. Don't live in Taipei because earthquakes and a bunch of cruise missiles pointed at it. Don't live in Seoul because artillery and a dictator across the street. Don't live in Miami because hurricanes. Don't live in Madison, WI because tornadoes. Don't live in Hill Country because ambulance will take 20 minutes to get to you when you step on a rusty barn nail.
- dbasedweeb 8y ago
  Cold and rain seem like they don’t belong on that list unless you’re homeless.
  - komali2 8y ago
    There is a reason I moved from cold and rain to an earthquake risk city. Some people will take death over ever having to shovel again.
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- gruez 8y ago
  >Don't live in Hill Country because ambulance will take 20 minutes to get to you when you step on a rusty barn nail. is that bad? it's not like you're going to die from tetanus in 20min.
  - komali2 8y ago
    ok fine, heart attack SFFD has a 6 minute response rate within San Francisco.
    - glbrew 8y ago
      That is why a huge number of people in Hill Country have helicopter insurance. It they have a medical emergency a helicopter will land on their hill and fly them to a medical center.
dang 8y ago
Maybe so, but please don't post unsubstantive comments here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Reason no. 42614 not to live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

collyw 8y ago

42615, you might end up working with Salesforce.

andegre 8y ago
I'm chiming in late in the game here, but what's wrong with Salesforce? (Only reason I ask is because of the piece that I just saw on 60 minutes Sunday night, so your comment piqued my interest)
- PunchTornado 8y ago
  It's slow AF.
  - notfromhere 8y ago
    Basically ever database SaaS tool is slow AF. They don't tell you that during the sales cycle though
  - aidenn0 8y ago
    AF?
    - komali2 8y ago
      as fuck
- collyw 8y ago
  Development in a web browser. Everything is paginated. A bastardiation of Java and SQL - without joins as the language it uses. An over complicated data model (for the business I had to integrate it with at least. Some things could only be done via SOAP. I had to integrate our existing Django based system with Salesforce. What I expected to take a few days took a few months. Similar syncing of data between another Django based system did take a couple of days. I can't go on, it brings back too many bad memories. If you have ever enjoyed development you will hate Salesforce. It feels like the tech equivalent of digging holes and filling them back in again.

komali2 8y ago

Don't live in Houston because hurricanes and flooding. Don't live in New York or Chicago because cold. Don't live in Seattle because rain. Don't live in Taipei because earthquakes and a bunch of cruise missiles pointed at it. Don't live in Seoul because artillery and a dictator across the street. Don't live in Miami because hurricanes. Don't live in Madison, WI because tornadoes. Don't live in Hill Country because ambulance will take 20 minutes to get to you when you step on a rusty barn nail.

dbasedweeb 8y ago
Cold and rain seem like they don’t belong on that list unless you’re homeless.
- komali2 8y ago
  There is a reason I moved from cold and rain to an earthquake risk city. Some people will take death over ever having to shovel again.
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gruez 8y ago
>Don't live in Hill Country because ambulance will take 20 minutes to get to you when you step on a rusty barn nail. is that bad? it's not like you're going to die from tetanus in 20min.
- komali2 8y ago
  ok fine, heart attack SFFD has a 6 minute response rate within San Francisco.
  - glbrew 8y ago
    That is why a huge number of people in Hill Country have helicopter insurance. It they have a medical emergency a helicopter will land on their hill and fly them to a medical center.

dang 8y ago

Maybe so, but please don't post unsubstantive comments here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html