Anybody live & work in Silicon Valley?

[Dannyblueyes]

Which company was that? Was this a manager at your company or was it someone they brought in to consult? If so who was the consultant?

the company I worked for was Thresher Communications. The comment wasn't made by anyone at the company, but by an employee of a firm that hosted our workplace violence seminar. I don't remember the name of the firm or the lady who conducted the seminar. She was referencing a recent workplace shooting in Connecticut, but it worried me because I had complained to some employees about their racist comments on the job. I don't know if it was deliberate or not, but the fact that she felt comfortable making that statement in the first place shows the kind of racial climate that exists in these companies.

With that said, when I started at Thresher in 2011 only three of their roughly seventy Bay Area employees were Black. When I left in 2012 there was only one. I don't know about their other branches, but when Google's construction picked up they brought in some of their Austin Texas, and Richmond, Virginia people to help out. All of them where white.

 

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the company I worked for was Thresher Communications. The comment wasn't made by anyone at the company, but by an employee of a firm that hosted our workplace violence seminar. I don't remember the name of the firm or the lady who conducted the seminar. She was referencing a recent workplace shooting in Connecticut, but it worried me because I had complained to some employees about their racist comments on the job. I don't know if it was deliberate or not, but the fact that she felt comfortable making that statement in the first place shows the kind of racial climate that exists in these companies.

With that said, when I started at Thresher in 2011 only three of their roughly seventy Bay Area employees were Black. When I left in 2012 there was only one. I don't know about their other branches, but when Google's construction picked up they brought in some of their Austin Texas, and Richmond, Virginia people to help out. All of them where white.

Thanks.

 

[tallblacknyc]

Yeah, there is stuff here but it's all touching the government in some way. I've seen a couple of decent jobs in Baltimore but fuck it, I'm ready to go. Healthwise, moving here was the worst thing I could've done. The weather and food options here suck. It's hard for me to make it to the gym as often as I'd like for large parts of the year because of seasonal affective disorder, snow, and flash floods. I'm trying to eat better but I can't find the stuff I need for healthy recipes locally, so I have to order online or drive to a neighboring town for groceries. I've never been sick so often in my life.

the district

 

[regulus]

the district

That's out of town for me. I live relatively near DC but not in DC. It takes 45-90 minutes to get to DC, plus however long it takes to get to a specific store.

 

[regulus]

This technical interview prep shit is mind-numbing. I've been a low level programmer before and I didn't need to know most of this shit. It's a trade off though, companies that don't do technical interviews depend more on "cultural fit" (i.e. bias).

 

[b-stro]

I live in San Jose, the housing market is fucked and the renters market is even more fucked .

The complex i stay is old but in nice community and I’m paying probably 2.5-3 times what it’s actually worth

Police are almost no existent except downtown San Jose on weekends around the clubs and in the hood like East and South San Jose. Santa Clara county as a whole is most white, Latin and Asian. I personally haven’t experienced anything crazy racially wise and I’ve been here 6-7 years from SF born and raised

I’m a barber so i don’t deal with all that coparate stuff, i really just lay my head here. My life is still in the city but because of rent i was priced out and he’ll im even getting priced out of San jo which 40 mi away

 

[regulus]

I was unsure how in demand I'd be so I put a few resumes out on hiring sites. So far I'd have to say that was a mistake because I'm getting bombed by half of India. It's one scammer after another one constantly calling and emailing me. I caved in and bought a LinkedIn acct but it hasn't done shit so far.

 

[regulus]

I've got a fish on the hook and it's my number one choice. I have several hoops to jump through but I've got time to prepare.