Comments for The Blogo'Shawn http://gogogetter.com/bloggable Silicon Valley impressions and encounters from a techie unleashed and on the move Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:48:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on but there’s more…. by Shawn B http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2008/05/16/48/#comment-1839 Sat, 17 May 2008 03:53:53 +0000 http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2008/05/16/48/#comment-1839 Thanks Susan, I've been remiss in my social networking but am turning a new leaf! Thanks Susan,
I’ve been remiss in my social networking but am turning a new leaf!

]]> Comment on but there’s more…. by susan mernit http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2008/05/16/48/#comment-1831 Fri, 16 May 2008 14:04:05 +0000 http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2008/05/16/48/#comment-1831 welcome back! welcome back!

]]> Comment on Oh give me a home… by lucas http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/05/05/41/#comment-433 Mon, 21 May 2007 01:51:18 +0000 http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/05/05/41/#comment-433 I've been doing this commute for almost two 1/2 years, and it's only been bearable because I take caltrain on 22nd st. station to mtn. view (we then have a shuttle to the office). I live just a 5 min. drive away from the station, and I even like the commute time on the train, so I can read and --in the afternoon, after waking up at 6 am like you-- even have a nap on the way back home. There are also the y! shuttles from the city --which I don't find attractive, given the fact that you'd still be on the 101 a big part of the day, but they are definitely an option. And, in my opinion, a much better option than living in the suburbs :-) I’ve been doing this commute for almost two 1/2 years, and it’s only been bearable because I take caltrain on 22nd st. station to mtn. view (we then have a shuttle to the office).

I live just a 5 min. drive away from the station, and I even like the commute time on the train, so I can read and –in the afternoon, after waking up at 6 am like you– even have a nap on the way back home.

There are also the y! shuttles from the city –which I don’t find attractive, given the fact that you’d still be on the 101 a big part of the day, but they are definitely an option. And, in my opinion, a much better option than living in the suburbs :-)

]]> Comment on Oh give me a home… by Shawn B http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/05/05/41/#comment-427 Tue, 08 May 2007 03:01:30 +0000 http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/05/05/41/#comment-427 Oh wow, This really gives me the biggest pause for thought. This is the most well-written case for SF-living and commuting I've encountered so far. Thanks for the warning!! I guess I shouldn't be so hasty or I might regret it. The last thing I want to become is Shawn of the Dead! Oh wow,
This really gives me the biggest pause for thought. This is the most well-written case for SF-living and commuting I’ve encountered so far. Thanks for the warning!! I guess I shouldn’t be so hasty or I might regret it.

The last thing I want to become is Shawn of the Dead!

]]> Comment on Oh give me a home… by Neil K http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/05/05/41/#comment-426 Mon, 07 May 2007 08:09:32 +0000 http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/05/05/41/#comment-426 Hey. I used to live in San Francisco, and commuted down south by shuttle. When I made the move to Yahoo @ Mission College I moved down here. I regret it. Even though I have a lot more free time and I'm less frazzled, I still regret it. I am able to focus on work a lot more, so if that's what you want, that benefit is real. But... Maybe there are other options. I have known people who basically spent the entire shuttle ride doing email (and sometimes coding). They decided that this counted as work time, so they would get in at 9:30 and leave at 4:30. Seemed to work for them. Maybe we have to give up the desire to be at our desk during Silicon Valley business hours (10am -> infinity). There's always working from home, and at least Yahoo has an SF office. But maybe that's easier for coders. Otherwise your best bet is Palo Alto or maybe Mountain View. There's a shuttle from the Mountain View Caltrain. Still, I worked it out and it's still a bit of a commute from places like Palo Alto. Figure in two transit rides and we're still talking a 40 minute commute. And I really thought I'd be travelling back to SF a lot more. But the length of the journey discourages anything but well-planned out events. Today I had a plumbing issue that burned up a few hours at noon, which meant that my entire plans for the day in SF were sort of pointless. So... stuff to consider before you join the legions of the Silicon Valley undead. Hey. I used to live in San Francisco, and commuted down south by shuttle. When I made the move to Yahoo @ Mission College I moved down here.

I regret it. Even though I have a lot more free time and I’m less frazzled, I still regret it. I am able to focus on work a lot more, so if that’s what you want, that benefit is real. But…

Maybe there are other options. I have known people who basically spent the entire shuttle ride doing email (and sometimes coding). They decided that this counted as work time, so they would get in at 9:30 and leave at 4:30. Seemed to work for them.

Maybe we have to give up the desire to be at our desk during Silicon Valley business hours (10am -> infinity). There’s always working from home, and at least Yahoo has an SF office. But maybe that’s easier for coders.

Otherwise your best bet is Palo Alto or maybe Mountain View. There’s a shuttle from the Mountain View Caltrain. Still, I worked it out and it’s still a bit of a commute from places like Palo Alto. Figure in two transit rides and we’re still talking a 40 minute commute.

And I really thought I’d be travelling back to SF a lot more. But the length of the journey discourages anything but well-planned out events. Today I had a plumbing issue that burned up a few hours at noon, which meant that my entire plans for the day in SF were sort of pointless.

So… stuff to consider before you join the legions of the Silicon Valley undead.

]]> Comment on Oh give me a home… by Barce http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/05/05/41/#comment-425 Mon, 07 May 2007 07:11:07 +0000 http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/05/05/41/#comment-425 Hey, there's the san mateo cal train stop. It was hip enough to be mentioned in the book "World Changing." Hey, there’s the san mateo cal train stop. It was hip enough to be mentioned in the book “World Changing.”

]]> Comment on A new job - yahoo-oo-oo! by Shawn B http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/03/30/a-new-job-yahoo-oo-oo/#comment-423 Sat, 05 May 2007 22:51:31 +0000 http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/03/30/a-new-job-yahoo-oo-oo/#comment-423 Hey KR, your friend may be in the same building (if not the same floor) as me! Who's afraid of the big, bad MS? :-) Hey KR, your friend may be in the same building (if not the same floor) as me!

Who’s afraid of the big, bad MS? :-)

]]> Comment on A new job - yahoo-oo-oo! by KR http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/03/30/a-new-job-yahoo-oo-oo/#comment-422 Sat, 05 May 2007 02:41:04 +0000 http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/03/30/a-new-job-yahoo-oo-oo/#comment-422 my good friend will be working in the search lab in santa clara. congrats on the yahoo! job. will be interesting to see if bill gates might be your new boss. my good friend will be working in the search lab in santa clara. congrats on the yahoo! job. will be interesting to see if bill gates might be your new boss.

]]> Comment on A new job - yahoo-oo-oo! by Shawn http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/03/30/a-new-job-yahoo-oo-oo/#comment-407 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:39:41 +0000 http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/03/30/a-new-job-yahoo-oo-oo/#comment-407 Thanks! And especial thanks to Chad whose undertaking rather got me checking out employment at Yahoo :-) Thanks! And especial thanks to Chad whose undertaking rather got me checking out employment at Yahoo :-)

]]> Comment on A new job - yahoo-oo-oo! by Barce http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/03/30/a-new-job-yahoo-oo-oo/#comment-406 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:39:19 +0000 http://gogogetter.com/bloggable/2007/03/30/a-new-job-yahoo-oo-oo/#comment-406 Congrats! Congrats!

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