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> If you are in tech, it is incredibly energetic. I've never understood this. I'd like to be surrounded by people that don't all do the same thing as me. I w
by Judgmentality 8y ago
> If you are in tech, it is incredibly energetic.
I've never understood this. I'd like to be surrounded by people that don't all do the same thing as me. I want to meet new and interesting people, not expand the bubble around me. I already interact with everyone at work most of my day, now I have to interact with people that fit that mold even when I'm not working?
Different strokes for different folks, but SF has always felt like a bit of a monoculture to me.
- AVTizzle 8y agoVery well said. I've often had trouble putting into words the exact sentiment you just described. I straddle the communities of tech/startups an the "digital nomad" world, and feel similarly when I go to dense nomad hubs (particularly Chiang Mai). Too much of one thing gets old really fast.
- wjossey 8y agoPart of why I love living in LA. Everyone else is in entertainment which makes all conversations far more entertaining for me :)
- goseeastarwar 8y agoIt's great when you're fresh out of school, single, and want to bury yourself in the work. It's unbelievably annoying after a few years when you're just trying to have dinner with your wife without overhearing someone talking about raising a round at the table next to you.
- atlasunshrugged 8y agoExactly, after moving to Berlin from SF I couldn't believe that I could overhear conversations about art and music and a thousand other things and not the usual talk about what VC you met and how much X company is valued. Incredibly refreshing
- kilroy123 8y agoI agree and it's also why I refuse to live there. I'm not young and wide-eyed anymore.
- eloisant 8y agoIt's great the first year, to be surrounded by people like you. Then it feels really boring.