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Yeah, Chicago is good too. The winters there are worse than Boston, and as someone living in Boston, I'm not sure I can deal with much worse. Also, DC is pret

Yeah, Chicago is good too. The winters there are worse than Boston, and as someone living in Boston, I'm not sure I can deal with much worse. Also, DC is pretty good too. Arguably, NY and SF are far better than Boston, and you could probably safely lump Boston in with Chicago and DC as far as desirability. I agree with you that talent doesn't have as much leverage as they think they do. Good jobs are nearly impossible to find. That is why living in a great city is so important. Talent will never have the type of leverage HN believes it does except for in rare individuals who have built social credit along with their skills.

michaelochurch 14y ago
Good jobs are nearly impossible to find. That is why living in a great city is so important. Talent will never have the type of leverage HN believes it does except for in rare individuals who have built social credit along with their skills. Now that I'm almost 30 and aware of my mortality (my mother passed away recently, which had more to do with my "mid-life crisis" than chronological age, since I'm still quite young by the standard outside of Wall Street and VC-istan) I'm starting to wonder about the best way to change this. How do we take this garbage-pile of an industry and fix it? How do we clear away the crap and build something we can be proud of? Social trends are such that we're on track for a violent worldwide revolution (widespread, permanent un(der)+employment will be the norm by 2030) unless we fix our society in a major way (basic income, necessitated by said underemployment) but we also have the tools available to be smart and not burn/kill our way to a better world. We don't need to overthrow the corporate bastards with force (at least, I hope we don't; the problem with real-world holy wars is that the unholy have guns and better aim) because with technology we can outperform them. We should take this opportunity to rewrite all the assumptions, if we can.
- wtvanhest 14y ago
  I wouldn't count on the violent worldwide revolution. History has not been kind to the massive number of people who consistently predict it while saying "this time its different!" As far as your first question... who knows? One thing I know for certain, it doesn't matter what you do, or how you do it, there will be trade-offs, always. As a much older than you... 30 year old, I've come to sort of just enjoy what I can and brush off the unpleasant stuff while I keep up with a rigorous search for knowledge and improved skills. I'm certain that opportunities will present themselves, and I'm positioning to always be ready to take advantage of them. Fulfillment for me partially comes from the knowledge and skills gained. I know that I will have a high level of achievement over my career and because I am confident it will all work out, I am relaxed while I push myself. In 2 years, maybe I'll have a totally different outlook? I guess that is the fun of the whole thing.

michaelochurch 14y ago

Good jobs are nearly impossible to find. That is why living in a great city is so important. Talent will never have the type of leverage HN believes it does except for in rare individuals who have built social credit along with their skills. Now that I'm almost 30 and aware of my mortality (my mother passed away recently, which had more to do with my "mid-life crisis" than chronological age, since I'm still quite young by the standard outside of Wall Street and VC-istan) I'm starting to wonder about the best way to change this. How do we take this garbage-pile of an industry and fix it? How do we clear away the crap and build something we can be proud of? Social trends are such that we're on track for a violent worldwide revolution (widespread, permanent un(der)+employment will be the norm by 2030) unless we fix our society in a major way (basic income, necessitated by said underemployment) but we also have the tools available to be smart and not burn/kill our way to a better world. We don't need to overthrow the corporate bastards with force (at least, I hope we don't; the problem with real-world holy wars is that the unholy have guns and better aim) because with technology we can outperform them. We should take this opportunity to rewrite all the assumptions, if we can.

wtvanhest 14y ago
I wouldn't count on the violent worldwide revolution. History has not been kind to the massive number of people who consistently predict it while saying "this time its different!" As far as your first question... who knows? One thing I know for certain, it doesn't matter what you do, or how you do it, there will be trade-offs, always. As a much older than you... 30 year old, I've come to sort of just enjoy what I can and brush off the unpleasant stuff while I keep up with a rigorous search for knowledge and improved skills. I'm certain that opportunities will present themselves, and I'm positioning to always be ready to take advantage of them. Fulfillment for me partially comes from the knowledge and skills gained. I know that I will have a high level of achievement over my career and because I am confident it will all work out, I am relaxed while I push myself. In 2 years, maybe I'll have a totally different outlook? I guess that is the fun of the whole thing.