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I am also moving to Seattle in a few months after I finish school. Having spent my summer there, I can't say I have any complaints, winters however, are a diffe

by laluser 15y ago

I am also moving to Seattle in a few months after I finish school. Having spent my summer there, I can't say I have any complaints, winters however, are a different story I hear. Coming from the Midwest though, I think I would prefer the rain over 3 months of harsh winters. On a side note, I am curious in finding out why do so many high-achieving computer science folks in academia make the jump to work at Google? It takes a lot of effort to reach the point where some of these people are at, so there must be great incentives to make that move. What are those?

wuster 15y ago
IMO, as ex-Googler, academic minded engineers will find more "kindred spirits" at a company like Google than most others.
- ycalumn 15y ago
  That's how they payed you at a discount; you believe that.
caryme 15y ago
I'm moving from the midwest to Seattle soon after graduating too! I'll be moving out in late August to work at Microsoft after I graduate from Northwestern University this spring. I agree about the weather - mild/gray/rainy may be an improvement over wintery death.
- laluser 15y ago
  Neat! I am at Chicago and will be at Amazon come February (hopefully further than that so I can do some travelling). Seattle is a pretty large tech hub and am excited to dive into some of the startup communities out there. I am guessing you interned at MSFT?
- bgramer 15y ago
  I moved to Seattle from Chicago to work at Amazon. When people ask me how I put up with the rain in Seattle, I just reply back "how do you put up with the snow?" Seattle has a great diverse ecosystem for outdoors enthusiasts - drive for an hour or so, and you can go skiing, hiking, swimming, camping and more. Seattle has a great craft beer culture as well. Some of my favorite bars are: Brouwers, Uber, Naked City, Beveridge Place Pub and Collins Pub. If you want authentic mexican, check out Oaxaca in Ballard. As for taco truck food, check out El Camion in the parking lot of Home Depot on 135th and I-99 Aurora as well as Taqueria Tequila on 85th. For Chicago style stuffed pizza, check out Delfino's in University Village and stay far away from Kylie's in Fremont (ugh)...for normal pizza, try Serious Pie, Flying Squirrel and Via Tribunali. For breakfast, try Beth's Cafe and CJ's (my favorite eggs benedict) For italian, try Cafe Lago. Great pasta. For sandwiches - my 2 favorite places are Salumi's where you should try the Mole & Mozz. Salumi's is a few blocks away from where the Seahawks play. Second place is Tat's where they have the town's best philly cheese steak sandwich. For ice cream, Molly Moon's wins hands down. They are in Wallingford as well as Capitol Hill. Enjoy!
  - CamperBob 15y ago
    For italian, try Cafe Lago. Great pasta. The first rule of Cafe Lago is you don't talk about Cafe Lago. They run out of lasagna at 7 PM as it is. :(
ycalumn 15y ago
High achieving computer science folks choose google because it feeds into their existing dogma - "I am smart. I did well at High School - I get into Ivy League - I do well at Ivy League".. Errr now what? I know, let's go where everyone thinks the high achievers go! Google managed to very effectively be an acceptable reason to quit academia or not pursue a PhD. Good on them, working in the Plex is better than going through the bullshit that Matt dealt with. Doesn't change the fact that if you work at Google you're getting paid at a discount, and probably are a lot more unhappy than that retard who can't figure out how his Google plus account works.
- ycalumn 15y ago
  You can down vote all you like, but there in lies the truth. Just check with all your academic friends 10+ years older - they'll talk of the lure of Microsoft..
davidw 15y ago
> Coming from the Midwest though, I think I would prefer the rain over 3 months of harsh winters. I'm from Oregon, and to make a long story short, I think I much preferred the winter in Innsbruck, Austria, where we spent a couple of years. It's cold, but relatively dry. You can go out and do stuff in the snow, whereas with 5 C and rain... the only good option is to simply stay indoors.

by laluser 15y ago

wuster 15y ago

IMO, as ex-Googler, academic minded engineers will find more "kindred spirits" at a company like Google than most others.

ycalumn 15y ago
That's how they payed you at a discount; you believe that.

caryme 15y ago

I'm moving from the midwest to Seattle soon after graduating too! I'll be moving out in late August to work at Microsoft after I graduate from Northwestern University this spring. I agree about the weather - mild/gray/rainy may be an improvement over wintery death.

laluser 15y ago
Neat! I am at Chicago and will be at Amazon come February (hopefully further than that so I can do some travelling). Seattle is a pretty large tech hub and am excited to dive into some of the startup communities out there. I am guessing you interned at MSFT?
bgramer 15y ago
I moved to Seattle from Chicago to work at Amazon. When people ask me how I put up with the rain in Seattle, I just reply back "how do you put up with the snow?" Seattle has a great diverse ecosystem for outdoors enthusiasts - drive for an hour or so, and you can go skiing, hiking, swimming, camping and more. Seattle has a great craft beer culture as well. Some of my favorite bars are: Brouwers, Uber, Naked City, Beveridge Place Pub and Collins Pub. If you want authentic mexican, check out Oaxaca in Ballard. As for taco truck food, check out El Camion in the parking lot of Home Depot on 135th and I-99 Aurora as well as Taqueria Tequila on 85th. For Chicago style stuffed pizza, check out Delfino's in University Village and stay far away from Kylie's in Fremont (ugh)...for normal pizza, try Serious Pie, Flying Squirrel and Via Tribunali. For breakfast, try Beth's Cafe and CJ's (my favorite eggs benedict) For italian, try Cafe Lago. Great pasta. For sandwiches - my 2 favorite places are Salumi's where you should try the Mole & Mozz. Salumi's is a few blocks away from where the Seahawks play. Second place is Tat's where they have the town's best philly cheese steak sandwich. For ice cream, Molly Moon's wins hands down. They are in Wallingford as well as Capitol Hill. Enjoy!
- CamperBob 15y ago
  For italian, try Cafe Lago. Great pasta. The first rule of Cafe Lago is you don't talk about Cafe Lago. They run out of lasagna at 7 PM as it is. :(

ycalumn 15y ago

High achieving computer science folks choose google because it feeds into their existing dogma - "I am smart. I did well at High School - I get into Ivy League - I do well at Ivy League".. Errr now what? I know, let's go where everyone thinks the high achievers go! Google managed to very effectively be an acceptable reason to quit academia or not pursue a PhD. Good on them, working in the Plex is better than going through the bullshit that Matt dealt with. Doesn't change the fact that if you work at Google you're getting paid at a discount, and probably are a lot more unhappy than that retard who can't figure out how his Google plus account works.

ycalumn 15y ago
You can down vote all you like, but there in lies the truth. Just check with all your academic friends 10+ years older - they'll talk of the lure of Microsoft..

davidw 15y ago

> Coming from the Midwest though, I think I would prefer the rain over 3 months of harsh winters. I'm from Oregon, and to make a long story short, I think I much preferred the winter in Innsbruck, Austria, where we spent a couple of years. It's cold, but relatively dry. You can go out and do stuff in the snow, whereas with 5 C and rain... the only good option is to simply stay indoors.