Monday, September 3, 2018

San Francisco is not Silicon Valley

This is one fact, that the book Life with Code, misses completely. Why this is so, baffles me.

I lived in the Valley from 1990-2000, in the same house, in Milpitas. I had many jobs, but could commute to them easily - if I avoided rush hour. And all my jobs accommodated this, as part of their fringe benefits.

Many employees in the Valley live in San Francisco (in only in a few select areas) and their companies provide buses (for free) to take them to work in the Valley. This is one of their fringe benefits, and an important one.

They were special people, and Valley accommodated their needs naturally and easily.

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