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We clearly know different people. I worked with plenty of people that won the Microsoft lottery, and to say they changed would be understating it.
by RyJones 14y ago
We clearly know different people. I worked with plenty of people that won the Microsoft lottery, and to say they changed would be understating it.
- pbiggar 14y agoThat's a different culture though - conspicuous consumption is pretty frowned upon in the valley (excepting Sand Hill Road, which is a culture all of its own). For example, at the Facebook IPO, everyone was warned about coming to work in new sports cars.
- RyJones 14y agoI agree that the valley isn't Seattle; good on Facebook for the warning. I used to park my multi-hundred dollar car out by the sports cars at what is now Facebook's campus; drag races out the main exit, over the railroad tracks, and on through EPA were not unheard of. Here's my view of the Valley from 1997: http://blog.ryjones.org/2006/10/21/welcome-to-the-bay-area/ http://blog.ryjones.org/2006/10/21/welcome-to-the-bay-area/
- jff 14y agoConspicuous non-consumption: writing blog posts about how you live so minimally, throwing everything out and buying new things when you move. Just a Macbook ($2000) and an Apple display ($1000) and an Aeron chair ($800) and the "perfect" desk ($1000, sit-stand), plus a mattress tossed in the corner... in your $2000/month downtown S.F. apartment.