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What's crazy to me is that clearly, the Bay area's housing problems are just a symptom. If you have a hard time finding affordable apartments, think about all t

What's crazy to me is that clearly, the Bay area's housing problems are just a symptom. If you have a hard time finding affordable apartments, think about all those that have been displaced by exploding prices. Rent rose, food prices rose, services rose. Everything is pricier. Look around the streets and it's clear gentrification, combined with a lacking social net, has messed up a lot of people's life. But SV startups are looking to hire people to commute and sit in chairs, in office. I've been working remotely for years and I make a point to respond to each recruiter contacting me. I'm not really looking for a job, but I'm just trying to collect data on remote work. So I try asking if the opportunity is remote. It never is. All y'all's Silicon Valley startups want people sitting and warming up seats in your SV offices. The argument is always "to foster company culture", which I guess translates to Friday evenings playing with Nerf guns. Which I guess is more important than things like not contributing to local social problems. The dichotomy is so weird. They want to change the world in some weirdly contrived way. But there's no way in hell this can be done if you don't move to SF to warm up their chairs. Too bad for the rising housing market. Last week, a video chat startup that doesn't do remote. Seriously. Anyways... If your company culture is held together by Nerf guns.

rightbyte 8y ago
I wonder how the people working at Inn'n'Out burger in SF actually make a profit from working there. Maybe it is like Uber drivers. They quit after noticing that they are losing money but the supply of new workers is so high it works out for the company anyway. I mean geocery stores and fast food joints etc are not that much more expansive than the rest of the country. A burger at McDonalds should really cost twice the national average or something to cover the living costs for the workers. But it doesn't ... and I suppose churn ratio is the answer?

rightbyte 8y ago

I wonder how the people working at Inn'n'Out burger in SF actually make a profit from working there. Maybe it is like Uber drivers. They quit after noticing that they are losing money but the supply of new workers is so high it works out for the company anyway. I mean geocery stores and fast food joints etc are not that much more expansive than the rest of the country. A burger at McDonalds should really cost twice the national average or something to cover the living costs for the workers. But it doesn't ... and I suppose churn ratio is the answer?