I moved to the Bay area for my Day job (ER nurse) while I complete my CS degree. Even as an ER nurse, 2-3 nurses that I work with are married to either VC's or

I moved to the Bay area for my Day job (ER nurse) while I complete my CS degree. Even as an ER nurse, 2-3 nurses that I work with are married to either VC's or angel investors. One of our volunteers at the ER where I work is an executive assistant for a VC. Several other nurses are married to engineers who work for Yahoo, Google, etc... She's offered to put me into contact with whoever I want to in the VC world. I'm not ready for it yet, but I can imagine that she could arrange an introduction or two. It's hard to avoid networking opportunities here. And, there is an acceptance even among the non-tech people that Startups are the place to be. It's the cultural norm to start a business here. I've lived in Minneapolis, Chicago, outside of Boston, LA and now the Bay area. Every city is good at certain things. Tech and startups are what the Bay does, and we do it well.