Six months since first stepping foot in the valley. Yes, it’s called “the valley” — not Silicon Valley — and San Francisco is called “the city.”

Weather is awesome

Ample sunlight, enough cold, soothing breezes. Snowy mountains, the sea, and desert all within driving distance.

Failure is a credential

Quite normal to have three or four failed attempts before success. It is almost a ritual to write detailed blog posts about failed products.

Everybody writes code

Even marketing people know programming 101. My Uber driver asked questions about interfaces in Java.

Everybody is killing it, all the time

In every coffee shop, intense discussions about disrupting industries. Geeks pitching to investors, Android study groups at dinner tables.

Meeting legends is normal

Met Don Knuth, Peter Norvig, Vint Cerf, Andrew Ng. Awesome experience interacting with legends.