My family and I just recently moved away from SF. We lived there for close to five years. I still consult remotely. My network is valuable. Yes, it's worth s

My family and I just recently moved away from SF. We lived there for close to five years. I still consult remotely. My network is valuable. Yes, it's worth spending some time there. Especially if you can find a company that is successful in an area that interests you. Some companies have fantastic engineering processes but still die because they don't meet a market need. Some company's have hyper-growth but an atrocious engineering culture. Tons have neither and die horrible deaths. A very small few have positives on both sides. If you're considering, be deliberate in your choice. Want to learn about growing a company, try to get on a company that's showing signs of fantastic growth (IFTTT, We Heart It). If you want to learn engineering processes, choose a company that's incredibly opinionated about their engineering processes and learn from them (Pivotal Labs, Carbon Five). Please for the love of god, don't just choose whoever will take you.