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A Real San Francisco Tech Dude

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:37:12 +0000

In many ways, I feel at home in San Francisco, but I still sometimes feel alienated among my friends and peers. Here are the ways in which I’m not A Real San Francisco Tech Dude:

I am not skinny

I can’t grow a beard

I ride a bike with gears

I ride Uber only if absolutely necessary

I have more than 50 co-workers

I am comfortable working with more than 50 co-workers

I have worked at a job before my current one

I have worked at a job that doesn’t offer free lunch

I don’t have my Caps Lock key remapped to Control

I don’t live in Mission Dolores, Duboce Triangle, Lower Haight, or Hayes Valley

I don’t commute on the J-Church line

I don’t find @KarlTheFog funny

I don’t like the sandwiches at Ike’s Place

I don’t care about brunch

I don’t play video games

Maybe this just means I’m old.

Let’s see: I don’t feel skinny any more (hurrah HFCS), haven’t really tried to grow a beard, don’t even ride a bike, and never Uber unless someone I’m with calls them. I’ve worked at lots of places with no free lunch, and caps lock is still caps lock. I generally walk to BART rather than suffer the J Church (inbound anyway), and don’t care about Ike’s Place or play video games.

On the other hand, I’ve never really done well at a company with more than 50 people. I don’t follow Karl, but I’m mildly amused when people repost him. I do like Deliboard, and I definitely enjoy brunch.

Here’s another suggestion for a way I stick out: I don’t want to be an entrepreneur. (I still have to check how to spell it.)

A final point of agreement: SF definitely makes me feel old.

NASA Ad by bustbright on Flickr. Ad Agency: S.G. Stackig, Inc.

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:49:46 +0100

NASA Ad by bustbright on Flickr.

Ad Agency: S.G. Stackig, Inc.

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