That sounds cool. Gonna have to check it out.
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Have done so a few times. Always game to go, but it's tough as the game night is only on week nights and bay gaf are pretty spread apart.
Yeah, I wish it was either closer or on weekends, since I'd probably try to go more often if that was the case.
Btw, would you happen to know if they have SFV casuals set up even on days when they don't have the SFV churning the butter tournament? Their fb page isn't super informative on their actual format.
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Jpop
Unconfirmed Member
So,
I have a 2nd round job interview Wednesday in San Francisco. They are flying me out from NYC tomorrow. The company is located on Bryant Street.
It pays well so hopefully I get it, but other than that I got a free trip.
I have a 2nd round job interview Wednesday in San Francisco. They are flying me out from NYC tomorrow. The company is located on Bryant Street.
It pays well so hopefully I get it, but other than that I got a free trip.
Yes. Brother just got a job at Onigilly and they are looking for workers pretty desperately. Specifically the one by ramen underground.
On another note, Jane Kim just called me and convinced me to vote for her.
Back to work...
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Jpop
Unconfirmed Member
I got the job yay!
And I found out I still have some family that lives in SF that I can live with!
All around good day.
And I found out I still have some family that lives in SF that I can live with!
All around good day.
I really need to go to the Round One down here in SJ. I recently started playing Lunatic Rave 2 so I definitely want to play IIDX on an actual cabinet some more. It's kinda far to Uber to and I don't have a car, though I think there's a bus that goes there.
The Hayward BART station is relatively close to the downtown shops.
Anyone going to Day of the Devs?. I rsvped but also registered for a Hackathon that weekend too so can't decide which one I'm going to next weekend lol.
edit: Hmm apparently the Hackathon ends early on Saturday so may be able to do both.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-an...uble-fine-iam8bit-tickets-28693598325?aff=es2
edit: Hmm apparently the Hackathon ends early on Saturday so may be able to do both.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-an...uble-fine-iam8bit-tickets-28693598325?aff=es2
CherryWoodFuton
Member
What's good SF Halloween GAF? Any cool events this weekend???
Being a student and living in the Bay Area is pretty much impossible.
I'm really just thinking about taking school part time and working full-time so I can get my own room or place.
I have another semester until I'm off to finish my degree in SF, but I'm buckling.
Either I go off on my own and work full time and finish school late or move back to my parents home in the Midwest and finish there. I'm a California citizen again after moving back to California, so moving to my parents seems like a waste, I'm only considering that.
What should I do? I only have a part time job and am living with a relative that I absolute can't stand anymore.
I could probably have a friend move out here with me and split rent with me.
I'm really just thinking about taking school part time and working full-time so I can get my own room or place.
I have another semester until I'm off to finish my degree in SF, but I'm buckling.
Either I go off on my own and work full time and finish school late or move back to my parents home in the Midwest and finish there. I'm a California citizen again after moving back to California, so moving to my parents seems like a waste, I'm only considering that.
What should I do? I only have a part time job and am living with a relative that I absolute can't stand anymore.
I could probably have a friend move out here with me and split rent with me.
CherryWoodFuton
Member
Do that or look for a roommate(s) to split the rent. I mean SF living is prob out of the question but if you're willing to commute East Bay rent shouldn't be as heinous
what kind of event
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Rainy Monday Halloween.
More candy for me, I guess.
More candy for me, I guess.
Yeah, it was great. Went out for some pho with my gf and it was wonderful. It also reminded me that I needed to buy new wipers for my car. Lol.
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Jpop
Unconfirmed Member
My realization is the Transbay bus schedule is all lies.
Says my bus is arriving at 8:30 then delayed to 8:49, now it's 8:55 and the bus is no longer coming so I have to catch a different one at 9:07.
Wtf...
Edit:
Now a different bus shows up going to the same place, but the bus never showed up on anything I looked up online.
I'm sad going to be late on my first day to work now
Says my bus is arriving at 8:30 then delayed to 8:49, now it's 8:55 and the bus is no longer coming so I have to catch a different one at 9:07.
Wtf...
Edit:
Now a different bus shows up going to the same place, but the bus never showed up on anything I looked up online.
I'm sad going to be late on my first day to work now
Yeah, that'll happen. The transit systems in the Bay Area can be reliable at points, but when they are unreliable, expect the worst.
That said, knowing your employer is in San Francisco, they should be a little lax on such problems. Just let them know, and I'm sure they'll understand.
The only thing is that they'll come to expect you to make up that time or wake up earlier.
I remember missing an entire class due to terrible reliability. Just have to swallow it and roll with it.
That said, knowing your employer is in San Francisco, they should be a little lax on such problems. Just let them know, and I'm sure they'll understand.
The only thing is that they'll come to expect you to make up that time or wake up earlier.
I remember missing an entire class due to terrible reliability. Just have to swallow it and roll with it.
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Jpop
Unconfirmed Member
Noted for future reference. They didn't want me in till 9:30am for orientation, so it isn't as if I'm running super late but still....
It's funny I thought getting an 8:20 bus would get me there on time lol
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Jpop
Unconfirmed Member
So, I'm sitting at my new job just browsing GAF cause I have nothing to do...
AH, I missed having a desk job.
AH, I missed having a desk job.
thezerofire
Banned
Well fuck, the person who stepped in front of caltrain yesterday was my great uncle.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
From the programming thread . . . I may be moving to SJ in a few months. The job is located near south SJ.
Just looking for general thoughts on the area. 😅
Just looking for general thoughts on the area. 😅
Giant Robot
Member
Specifically where in South SJ? South SJ is the biggest division and most populated. South SJ has the most suburban feel that ranges from the most expensive neighborhoods (Almaden Valley, Willow Glen, Silver Creek) to slightly less expensive in SJ haha (Blossom Valley, Santa Teresa, Coyote Valley).
San Jose is a big sprawl, obviously not as big as LA. Downtown is hit or miss, depending on what you're into. Nightlife in downtown changes so much from year to year. Better nightlife can be had nearby in Campbell and Los Gatos, but it's nothing crazy. Good thing is that San Francisco is 1 hour away for that.
It's definitely a working culture here that overflows the surround areas of Santa Clara, Milpitas, and Morgan Hill. Anything else you could want is 1 hour in any direction. Also don't expect traffic to be much different from LA now. Traffic has gotten so bad during commute hours the last couple years here. Ten mile commutes can take as long as 45-60 minutes, luckily late night and weekend traffic is not nearly as bad as LA.
I might be interested depending on how much you're selling them for. Probably not unless they're cheap though. Also I'm a little ways away from the East Bay so idk.
charlequin
Banned
What's cool about SJ is... two really good cocktail bars, a craft-brew-and-sausages place, and one really fucking phenomenal coffee shop downtown? The almost complete lack of violent crime relative to any other big city? The airport being easy to get to and low-traffic? The fact that it's an hour closer to Santa Cruz and Monterey than the cool parts of the bay? Oh, and the annual Taco Festival of Innovation is super rad.
What's not cool about SJ includes, but is not limited to: most of the people, most of the nightspots, a pretty good amount of the food, the odious rent (that gets worse each year), the sanity-grinding commute (that also gets worse each year), the techbros, the college students crowding up the couple of places that are decent, the ludicrously higher-than-normal rate of property crime against cars, the racist cops, the societal cruelty on display against the massive homeless population, the sexually harasser weirdos on the street, the amount of places that reek of piss (though it's no patch on SF here), and working in the vast suburban desert of south San Jose with no decent food or culture anywhere to be found.
I dunno, in 2017 I don't think I could in good conscience recommend anyone move here.
EDIT: I did forget the most important thing. GO SHARKS! ������
EDIT 2: All the pizza here is extremely bad except for one "New York Style" place that is actually New York Style and one Neapolitan place (which isn't much like any other kind of pizza you're used to.)
What's not cool about SJ includes, but is not limited to: most of the people, most of the nightspots, a pretty good amount of the food, the odious rent (that gets worse each year), the sanity-grinding commute (that also gets worse each year), the techbros, the college students crowding up the couple of places that are decent, the ludicrously higher-than-normal rate of property crime against cars, the racist cops, the societal cruelty on display against the massive homeless population, the sexually harasser weirdos on the street, the amount of places that reek of piss (though it's no patch on SF here), and working in the vast suburban desert of south San Jose with no decent food or culture anywhere to be found.
I dunno, in 2017 I don't think I could in good conscience recommend anyone move here.
EDIT: I did forget the most important thing. GO SHARKS! ������
EDIT 2: All the pizza here is extremely bad except for one "New York Style" place that is actually New York Style and one Neapolitan place (which isn't much like any other kind of pizza you're used to.)
I've lived in SF and I live in the south bay now. obv nothing is like living in SF especially when you compare walkability and public transit and just general cool stuff but I find san jose to be a pretty cool community with a sick arts scene, cool stuff to do and places to hang out and people to meet. i kind of think SJ is the bay area's best kept secret tbh. west sj/downtown/willow glen/rose garden are the prime spots. i like it here
the shitty thing about it is the housing situation like charlequin mentioned, and the bedroom-community kind of nature of it. also VTA fucking blows
There's a great scene in this short doc that reminds me of why I left SJ. Recommended viewing if you live in SJ, or have been connected to the city in the past: https://youtu.be/c9BEbWu8Ygc
CherryWoodFuton
Member
Any Redwood City Gaffers??? Sunnyvale was boring af so I moved out there and the downtown area is way better than the Sunnyvale one...
cpp_is_king
Member
If you just want to go to work and go home, it's a great place to live. If you're looking for a hopping night scene, look somewhere else.
charlequin mentioned no decent food or culture anywhere to be found, but I disagree. The Vietnamese food rivals that of Orange County (although it's still no match for Houston).
rokkerkory
Member
hey bay area GAF... boy was it icy cold this morning! BRRR!
Yeah, that was a decent chill. I was wearing a coat, liner hoody, scarf and gloves. I was up at 4 am.
Sooooo cold! Feels like I never left the Pacific Northwest :x They are evn getting dumps of snow this year, so at least we don't have that!
Although I agree, this can be said for basically any place in the US as long as you can get a job lol (though the job market is better here than most other places). And even if you do this you still have to deal with the ridiculous rent. I like living here, but I like living here because I live with my parents and don't really do anything all day so I'd probably be fine regardless of where I lived as long as I lived with my parents and had access to basic necessities/decent internet. I also have sensory processing disorder to food culture is a moot point to me.
A lot of Charlequin's points seemed sound, though idk what the problem with "most of the people," is. I've lived here all my life and I've had....quite a few not-so-great experiences with people over the course of my life, but I never got the feeling that was because of where I lived. SJ's a place with a lot of nice, diverse people, or at least that's what it seems like to me. Maybe he was just referring to the "tech libertarian," douchebags in the tech industry, idk, but that's not really the entirety or majority of people who live here.
thezerofire
Banned
was colder earlier in the week I think but yeah, definitely getting there.
this video is incredible. i second the recommendation. i love san jose but this shit is incredibly real. i've grown up pretty poor here and i know people who have done the 22
Giant Robot
Member
That's partly because of Proposition 47 where former "non-violent property and drug crimes" have been reduced from felonies to misdemeanors. While more serious violent crimes are relatively low, non-serious violent crimes have gone way up. This includes a lot of stolen vehicles and burglaries that run rampant compounded by the fact that SJPD is extremely understaffed and only respond to violent crimes in progress. Criminals know this and just get a slap on the wrist, let out the next day.
The "techbros" that most people think of work closer to the Peninsula and SF at giant companies such as Facebook, Google, AirBnb, Salesforce, Genentech. The others (hot startups) are closer to the Peninsula areas in close proximity to venture capitalists in Palo Alto. San Jose doesn't really host much hot companies that attract these "techbros". It's rather the opposite with older networking and semiconductor companies where the workforce is generally 1-2 generations older aka the "tech oldies".
Higher than normal rate of property crimes against cars are due to Proposition 47.
Mexican and Vietnamese food culture is HUGE in SJ. One of the biggest Vietnamese communities in the US. Great Japanese food culture in West San Jose/Saratoga and Japantown. Art & music scene has been on a decline, but not all is lost. It's host to SubZero (art & technology festival), Cinequest Film Festival, a huge skateboarding and graffiti culture.
Bibo's Pizza in Willow Glen is really good. They opened up another location, but recently burned down
That's encouraging to hear, I may look into it within the next year.
charlequin
Banned
Yeah to be clear that comment was geographically specific! The Vietnamese food in SJ is indeed incredible (I'm sure there's nowhere better outside Vietnam), what I hated when I worked in deep south SJ was having to drive 30 minutes to get to any of it.
Pretty sure I've ridden that exact 22 bus. And yeah, I'm not sure you could sum up the nature of the problem with how the homeless are treated here better than this film.
I work in tech in the South Bay, believe me, there are still plenty of them.
My LA commutes have been 1 to 1:45 hrs, so 45 mins would be nice.
The office is in the middle of nowhere (IBM - coords 37.211063, -121.80560). :/
I'm trying to figure out where I should move. This is the most important part, maybe some of you can give me some insights. 😅😅😅
I can pay 2.5K for a 1 bedroom, but wouldn't want to go higher than that. :|
It sounds boring af, like Irvine . . . I wouldn't move if this wasn't for this almost white elephant gift of a job. I think I will try to make it work for at least six months.
I don't want to just work and go home, but that's what's probably going to happen most days. :/
I would like to go out and eat different types of food, of course.
Marty Chinn
Member
What? A lot of the Vietnamese food is in East San Jose, and there's no way it takes 30 minutes to get there from South San Jose.
Giant Robot
Member
I used to work at that IBM Almaden Research site. It's not exactly in the middle of nowhere, it's on top of a hill with 2 entrances to dense suburban areas. North entrance is close to the Almaden Valley area which is $$$. South entrance is the Santa Teresa area. Santa Teresa area is one of the last neighborhoods of San Jose before you hit Morgan Hill. Beautiful area with access to hiking/mountain biking trails. Not kidding that theres a turkey crossing up there, frequent coyote sightings, and the occasional snakes at that IBM site.
$2.5k will get you something really nice. Downtown Campbell is cool and the quirkiest of the South Bay. Downtown SJ will definitely get you the more "downtown" feel with some newer high rise apartments. Just stay away from that new development on Cottle Rd. which is closer to that IBM site. It's an overbuilt area with barely any addition to the infrastructure there and no nightlife. Since it's new it will cost you a lot. There's plenty to do, see, and eat if you look deep within SJ and it's surrounding areas. For a better culture/night life look in Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Oakland, Palo Alto, which are about 1 hour away or less...but also more expensive to live in.
I lived/worked in South Bay all my life and experienced the whole culture change. If you're talking about South Bay in general, then yes techbros are scattered here. San Jose specifically? Ehhhh not quite as much.
It's sad and has gotten worse. There are encampments all over SJ behind neighborhood walls, on highway cloverleaf off-ramps, alleyways, etc. There are some discussions around building a place for them, but the arguments are where, cost, and maintaining order.