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Not everyone is lucky enough to have a network that includes google engineers. And it's laughable to suggest this as a remedy for "developer as platform customer service"...

point well taken.

i just wanted to share what worked for me, and assumed there are other ways to network with people. i don't live or ever visited SV. I do see how this is a low feasibility path

So what do the other 4 billion people do who dont eat lunch in SV? Sounds like a great example of how privlidge blinds you to the endemic problems the world faces.

Buy plane tickets obviously. I wonder what would happen if people actually did that.

> I met Goog people at my coffee shop...

> I couldn't believe it was that easy

You're kiding, right? :)

Yes, it looks like this is one of the few ways one can make the appeals work. Awful solution though.