Honestly I like the energy here. Just have to distance myself from a bit from people on sociopathic spectrum. I did 'lucked out' and joined a company that IPO'd, but honestly probably didn't make it much more than other people who started companies outside of the bay area. Also the access to nature has been amazing for me and my mental health.

- Studied in UK, came to US for a major and landed a job in finance then data science.

- Mostly hanging out with fiends from work (or previous work). Not much of a 'normal' social scene except around events.

- Just love the idea of living and breathing hard and meaningful problems. Bay area has interesting stuff going on all the time.

- I thought SF would be a beautiful, clean city. It's really is a dirty place. Oh well, I put up with it. - Dating sucked. Met my wife here in the city outside of dating context (long story).

- Feeling like the industry is losing momentum. Less inspiring, more grinding. We should focus on hard problems, but a ton of money is spent on stupid get rich schemes. Software is making the world a worse place?