23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline

Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline by theflyinghorse on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:22PM (#22132254)

> Your intuition is shaped by your inexperience of the reality of the situation

Yes, largely. Though, frankly the grass IS greener on the other side in my case. I am in the middle of nowhere in Canada and my window into the tech world at large is github and YC.

> 30 year bay area veteran here

Do you believe you would have the same opportunities today if you did not spend time in the Bay (didn't get experience, network, insider knowledge)?

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Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline by miker64 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @07:16PM (#22133946)

Not the poster, but also an ex-bay area tech.

The amount to which I was steeped in tech due to being able to do things like dumpster dive for computer hardware in the 80s definitely affected my career path, but _that is not a thing anymore_. And you are already interested, so having a seed of 'what's that?' isn't so necessary.

I've been out of the bay for 5 years, and worked there for almost 20. The opportunities I had were about a time and place, and _today_ that place is far more online than physically based.

If you can make it to the bay, it is a wonderful place, full of tech and culture and people from all over, but it is not the only place with all that. It's also hella expensive.

I think the Bay's time as _the_ place to be is over, but it's still _a_ place to be.

Good luck!

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