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How to Break into Silicon Valley

by tracyhenry on 2/14/24, 5:00 PM with 14 comments

• by asdf690420 on 2/14/24, 7:14 PM

  People who act like this are the reason I don’t want to live in the Bay Area. There isn’t enough interesting work in the whole world for this lifestyle to be worth it. I feel like this is written by a robot.

  When I scroll through a job board it’s 90% garbage like just another data analytics company or payroll software. Is there a secret underground culture where all the good work is advertised and never made public?

• by octokatt on 2/14/24, 10:45 PM

  Not pictured, but to Break Into Silicon Valley, definitely don't be disabled.

  If you struggle with chronic illness or general health issues, you'll be left on read. If you can't hustle the twelve-hour day, even if "most days aren't like that, we're very work-life balanced here", you'll get iced out.

• by flappyeagle on 2/14/24, 8:47 PM

  The snark is gonna be heavy on this one, so I might just say this and dip.

  The main lesson to take away is it doesn’t really take that much to get started in SV. you don’t have to be born rich and you don’t have to start with a ton of connections.

  Just get over your fear of talking to strangers and ask for 2-5 intros from every person you meet. Tedious, but not really even hard.

• by jiveturkey on 2/14/24, 5:44 PM

  standard VC ad roll

• by Chris2048 on 2/14/24, 5:35 PM

  And if you are a European?

• by DandyDev on 2/14/24, 7:11 PM

  Aka how to become a tech bro