Archives for 2016-08-30

The clothes.

As a New Yorker, I have never been able to get used to the lack of regard for professional attire in Silicon Valley.

Yoga pants are everywhere.

A blazer, tshirt and a pair of rumpled jeans is considered “formal.”

That, and that people eat out so early. Dinner is like 6:00-7, 8 at the latest.

Restaurants routinely close at 10/10:30.

Originally Posted: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-biggest-culture-shock-that-a-woman-from-NYC-would-experience-in-Silicon-Valley

Originally Posted On: 2016-03-21

In the early days of a startup, being a generalist can be exceptionally helpful – provided you do have at least a general working knowledge of the most relevant skills for that startup.

In my particular case, I always learn as much of a thing as is necessary for the task I am doing so as not to fall into the rabbit hole of learning (lest I be caught for days unnecessarily learning some new programming language, photoshop shortcut or SEO trick or something best left to a specialist.)

I’ve leveraged my adaptability as a generalist to run HR and Support departments, and even dabble in Social Media Marketing (even though my background is in engineering.)

However, if what you mean by Jack-of-all-Trades is someone who isn’t very good at anything, then no, there is no room for you in a startup.

Originally Posted: https://www.quora.com/Should-you-master-one-specific-business-product-skill-programming-growth-hacking-finance-etc-before-attracting-co-founders-and-talent

Originally Posted On: 2015-05-24