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XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Halal Guys is coming to to Union Square.
http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blo...to-union-square-for-first-san-francisco-shop/
http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blo...to-union-square-for-first-san-francisco-shop/
cpp_is_king
Member
Can't you just set the switch to 2 or 3 even when you just have 1?
Heard about this. Was already excited for the Berkeley location but this will make it easier to eat more often. Stopped by the original one in NYC last summer right before I had to head to airport back to SF.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Anyone going to GDC?
Just like you can drive on carpool lane by yourself, you are going to get a ticket.
I'm thinking about it... is it worth going if you want to get into the industry but not as a dev? Not sure how GDC is set up or anything, but I did heard they have recruiters for some companies.
finalflame
Member
Yup. Not sure on my booth schedule, but, I'll be there.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
There's a job fair on the Expo floor. A lot of positions will be dev focused, but companies may also have openings for marketing, PR, business roles, etc. Expect a lot of people fresh out of college or with minimal experience also looking to get a foot in the door.
Alright looks like I'll definitely consider on heading on over!
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Tell me more.
An Expo Pass, the cheapest and lowest tier, gets you into around 50 sponsored panels (all basically Amazon or Unity, but with some good indie game roundtables), the job fair, IGDF Awards show, and career seminars. Plus the expo floor.
Worth it at $249.
I was more looking at the "student" tier, which I assume gets you into the job fair, at the least.
cpp_is_king
Member
Was thinking about it but I've seen Prince 2-3 times in the past 5 years already. I think it being at the Paramount which is a smaller venue will make it a bit of a headache to get tickets.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Yeah, it seems to be the most barren.
"You a student and don't want to pay a few hundred to get in? Well, you don't get to do much here!"
At least there's the job fair...
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
There's also working the show as a staff associate which gets you an All-Access pass, but:
1) Application deadline for that has long since passed.
2) Veterans who have done it before get priority.
3) You have to commit to something like 20-30 hours of working the show that week, meaning you may not get to see all the panels and stuff you want to see if you can't arrange a shift exchange for a particular timeslot.
That said, it's a great experience if you can get selected and have the time free to do it.
The panels would have been nice, but I'm more about the job opportnities, which it does have. Most shows like PAX and PSX don't really offer such thigs. Of course, those are more investor-based, and not the same.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Well, yeah. GDC is an industry conference aimed at professionals. Those other shows aren't.
Anyhoo, good luck to you. Bring plenty of resumes, be prepared for an on-the-spot interview if you luck out, and don't be too discouraged if things don't work out.
cpp_is_king
Member
Heh, kinda how I feel about the city. I will never understand the appeal.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
At E3 my first year, I got interviewed at lunch.
Thanks. Yeah I have tried my luck at trade shows before, but of course they never really bring the right people to talk. This is more what I should have been going to. I never really looked into GDC, but always thought you had to already be a dev to get in.
hahaha it seems so appropriate being right near the CBS building.
Perfect. This is me every single drive home from work.
finalflame
Member
Hey SFGAF, wanted to get some feedback. I currently work in the South Bay and also live down here, about 5 minutes from work. However, I am in my mid-20s and considering moving to the city.
I currently live in a 1/1 and would be looking at a studio, probably in the Mission. Any advice from people who live in the city and commute to the South Bay for work? I'd probably do CalTrain daily, and my office is a 5 minute walk from the CalTrain station.
What do y'all think? Recommend making the move to the city to enjoy the more lively nightlife scene? Or stay close to work and keep my 5 minute commute?
I currently live in a 1/1 and would be looking at a studio, probably in the Mission. Any advice from people who live in the city and commute to the South Bay for work? I'd probably do CalTrain daily, and my office is a 5 minute walk from the CalTrain station.
What do y'all think? Recommend making the move to the city to enjoy the more lively nightlife scene? Or stay close to work and keep my 5 minute commute?
charlequin
Banned
Don't do it. Commute length is the single most significant predictive factor in life happiness. Whatever you want to do in the city, you can drive/train up to do it instead.
butzopower
proud of his butz
AirBNB a place in the city for a bit to see if you can handle the commute?
Marty Chinn
Member
5 min from work? Don't do it. You should embrace having that amazing commute.
I've done the reverse and it's tiring being stuck to a strict train schedule and having all that time taken up by taking the train, even with the bullet train.
I live in the city and used to commute to Redwood City which is about half way to Southbay/San Jose. It was hell everyday to and from work on highway 101. Usually its a 25m drive in no traffic but turns into 45m at best to an hour at worst during peak commute hours.
BeardyChan
Member
Dont move to the city unless your work has a shuttle. Its not worth the daily drive and definitely not worth taking caltrain everyday. Maybe you need to find a younger area in the south bay. Im not hip with all areas, but I hear there are some friendly neighborhoods like willow glen and the area west of the shark tank.
If you really want to move north go look at Oakland, no seriously I'm not kidding. Its kind of awesome in some spots.
If you really want to move north go look at Oakland, no seriously I'm not kidding. Its kind of awesome in some spots.
finalflame
Member
Yah, I've read the study. I used to commute from Berkeley to SF and that wasn't too bad, but it was also about half the commute I'd have going from SF to the South Bay. My real point of contention is if the benefit of being close to the hustle and bustle of the city is worth the extra commute every day.
That's good advice, actually. I don't think I mind the commute. When i started my current job I commuted from the East Bay to Mountain View and that was ~4 hours/day doing most of BART and a decent chunk of CalTrain. I mostly just read a book, opened up my laptop, or did some catching up on my 3DS.
Yah, what doesn't make this easier is the lack of reliability of CalTrain in general and how shitty the schedule is, especially with bullet trains ending after rush hour, so if I want to stay near work to go to happy hour or something I would end up taking a Local or Limited train instead.
I'd absolutely never drive, no way. Train or bust, really, unless I had a really good reason to drive to work that day.
My work does have shuttles, but unfortunately they only go to main campus and not to my specific office which is ~3 miles away. But yah, finding a younger area could be the way to go, but if I'm going to commute at all then I might as well be in the city, is my thinking. I currently live and work in Mountain View, so, all-in-all it's a pretty sleepy place (no taco trucks open past 10pm =( , and the downtown nightlife options are ... lackluster to say the least ).
Anyways, thanks for the input guys. I come from a small college town with tons of nightlife and excitement where you could literally get anywhere within 10 minutes driving or on a bus, so having to pick the city and living far from work or being close to work and having basically nothing to do on weekends is rough.
I'm going to talk to some of my SF-commuting co-workers and get their input as well. Won't be an easy decision, but my lease is up April 1st so, gotta decide soon.
i3allistic
Member
It won't stay that way forever.
i3allistic
Member
Me and my GF been going too open houses around East Oakland, it will be her second house and yes, MAN! let me say this, there around alot of people now, going to open houses even in the hood ....let say you gotta have at least 10-15% extra over asking price for homes in Oakland now ...crazy how it become since i bought my own home 1.5yr ago
broz0rs
Member
I remember a few years ago a friend of mine told me he bought an Oakland condo in Jack London Square. I think I laughed a bit thinking about a bunch of Oakland stereotypes. Then I went there, and was floored. We followed that up with a dinner at Downtown Oakland.
I felt a bit of jealousy after that visit. The laughs on me.
I felt a bit of jealousy after that visit. The laughs on me.
charlequin
Banned
It's not. Everyone I know who made this call -- and working in SJ I know a number of such people -- gave up again after a year.
Do you prefer bad traffic, or REALLY bad traffic?
BeautifulMemory
Member
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
The entire bridge/ocean angle is stupid. There's really no easy way to get from the East Bay to the South Bay.
broz0rs
Member
I'm LA raised, but live in the Bay.
I like LA better because there's so much things to do, simply because the city is so huge that it can be a small country. However, I live in South Bay because of work. The money is easily better here. It doesn't even come close career-wise.
I just hope one day I can exercise these stock-options so I can move back to LA and work at a ramen place just for fun.
beat
Member
The baby bullet Caltrains are great and they are extremely limited. I'm so glad I'm in SF now instead of the South Bay.