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> ”being immersed in a culture of likeminded individuals and going to events all over the city every night to share thoughts with them” This would be my nightm
by pavlov 5y ago
> ”being immersed in a culture of likeminded individuals and going to events all over the city every night to share thoughts with them”
This would be my nightmare. I do genuinely love tech and startups, but talking shop with strangers quickly feels hollow. At conferences I was always looking to escape by the end of first day lunch and maybe go to a local museum instead.
- ghaff 5y agoI actually like going to tech events and am glad they're starting back up again. I find the interactions and connections both fun and useful. That said the Bay Area "If it's Tuesday, it must be a Kubernetes Meetup, if it's Wednesday..." thing pretty tiring pretty quickly.
- ramesh31 5y ago>That said the Bay Area "If it's Tuesday, it must be a Kubernetes Meetup, if it's Wednesday..." thing pretty tiring pretty quickly. Depends on where you're at in life, honestly. I'd never want to do it again as a grown adult with a family, but when you're young it's a blast. Eventually it doesn't even matter what the meetup is about anymore, it's just about the free pizza, beer, and networking. And as a broke 22 year old paying bay area rent prices, I practically lived off the stuff.
- seattle_spring 5y agoIt was my nightmare, and it's why I left the Bay. Some random guy grilling me on JS trivia at a party was the last straw.