Probably depends upon how you prioritize your life. I live in Pleasanton and love it to death - it's one of the best family environments and school districts around. Also, events are on all over the Bay Area, and in SF - one of the advantages of Pleasanton is easy access to SF via BART. If you network and go to evening events anywhere in the bay area, you won't be home before young kids go to bed :-) There is no single place in the Bay Area where you can live and "be in the middle of it all".
There are also a lot of vibrant tech companies in Pleasanton, plus office rentals are cheap - not to mention housing. If business is your only priority, then probably best to get divorced and leave your wife and kids in Australia :-). Seriously though, people sometimes forget that to be productive at work, the family needs to be settled and happy at home. I have seen entrepreneurs and startups fail because they lack the common sense to create a stable home life. Phil M On Oct 25, 1:30 pm, Jason Seed <jasoncs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Scott, > > Also congrats on the move. > > I would strongly suggest not going to somewhere like Pleasanton, while they > are great places to live you will be either too disconnected from what is > happening or you will never see your family. > > One of the best things you can do here is network, especially if you are > new, there are literally events on every single night between Mountainview > and SF and they are worth going to, you will be amazed who you can see and > talk to. > > I have a good friend in a startup who is out there, he regrets it as he is > always in the car and does not see his daughter some nights.... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
