Author: Wiseflow

With the growing number of people Uber-ing or Lyft-ing to San Francisco for a night out, fewer people seem to be riding the Caltrain these days. In some ways, they’re missing out, because the Caltrain itself provides one of the most fun party experiences in the Bay Area: the Caltrain Bar Tour.

Korean food seems to be having a moment at the same time David Chang’s Ugly Delicious is becoming a hipster favorite on […]

A big part of my lifelong basketball obsession has been seeing how players with widely different skill-sets and personalities can still come together to become an effective team. At the risk of sounding self indulgent, it really does remind me of the different roles on the engineering team in a tech company.

When people hear about the free food in Silicon Valley tech companies, they usually picture copious amounts of dishes elegantly prepared by […]

Anyone who has spent time around the Bay Area quickly learns that Silicon Valley isn’t Hollywood. We aren’t famous for our beautiful, glamorous people. Nobody ever said to themselves: “I wish I could have a Silicon Valley body, like Reid Hoffman has.” Which is why it’s so bizarre to me that a Google search for “Silicon Valley diet” comes up with over 11 million results.

Silicon Valley is misrepresented. Read articles about Silicon Valley culture and it’s always an article written by a journalist who lives in some other place, who embeds him or herself in some siloed-off subculture and goes on to write an article as if the entire Bay Area is exactly like the subculture that they saw.

The rise and fall of a recovering patron of cryptocurrency, and considerations before getting on board.

What I learned as a recent college graduate on a rampage to get a corporate job during the global financial crisis of 2009.

When most folks in Silicon Valley think of going on a date, they immediately think of heading up to San Francisco. And it isn’t a bad idea. Between the great restaurants, exciting nightlife, and amazingly beautiful views. But in this article, we suggest you stay in Silicon Valley.

In my ten years working at tech companies in Silicon Valley, I’ve worked on a few projects that have been described as “sinking ships”. Usually, these projects have been stuck in managerial hell, with a revolving door of top leadership cycling through trying to “right the ship.” More often than not, some aspect of the product is simply not up to spec…