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@ Dissident Sound
2025-04-26 21:04:22
well i did live in Silicon Valley for a year around 2010 or so. unless you were inside one of the companies there or inside Stanford, things don't look any different in SV than anywhere else ( except everyone is Asian ).
I did notice a different ( nerdy in a goofy retarded chink way ) atmosphere doing cardio around Google Campus and a certain high-performance atmosphere ( long legged blond hoes jogging everywhere ) driving through Stanford.
i do regret not applying to Stanford or MIT ( i only applied to schools in NYC ). i think if i went to one of those two universities that are famous for producing a lot of startups maybe things would have been different because i would have grown up with a better attitude.
but in the end it comes down to personality / attitude. sure if you're already in a high performance environment ( like you're a student at Stanford ) the attitudes of that environment will rub off on you, and vice versa.
but how do you end up in such an environment ? the answer is you must want to be in it. the reason i never applied to schools outside of NYC is because i thought it would be a burden living on campus. i just took the subway to my school in NYC. this shows my personality of taking the path of least resistance and avoiding uncertainty.
by contrast OldFriendSaysHello had the opposite personality. whereas i was always avoiding risk and avoiding work he was always seeking out opportunity. where i was always judging and avoiding people he was always looking to make contacts with anybody prominent. literal opposite of me. he is the type of person that will approach strangers and introduce himself whereas i am the type of person where strangers approach me and try to strike a conversation and i find a way to avoid them.
as a result i came back form California but he grew roots in Miami. so it isn't about where you go - but the approach you bring.
now granted, if you go to some African Village no approach will make you a successful tech entrepreneur. but also you could be living in San Francisco and be next to some billionaire VC and they will make you a compliment and instead of using it to introduce yourself and make a contact you will go "fucking faggot"
LOL
in other words yes location matters, but prime location like SF is expensive and you have to bring a winning attitude with you or you're wasting your money and may as well just live in Florida for 1/2 the price.
in other words your energy has to match that of the location otherwise it's "out of your league" so to speak.
i'm not discouraging you by any means. if you want to try Silicon Valley they got great weather there - better than in Florida ! No real winter just like in Florida but even on the hottest summer day in SV i was able to do cardio outside whereas in Florida you can barely step out in the sun for more than 5 minutes in summer.
my point is merely that nobody is going to drag you to the top. the only way to the top is by clawing your way there. if you want it bad enough yes you then move to the mecca and make it there. but merely moving to the mecca won't do anything if you bring the same laid back attitude as prevails in places that are rotting.
i mean why would people in SV all be on meth if Xanax worked for their life style ?
see my point ?