tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198290.post8374987162714386486..comments2012-03-14T20:26:25.597-07:00Comments on Searching for the Needle: The end of the tunnelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198290.post-79190536823332396942007-10-08T08:16:00.000-07:002007-10-08T08:16:00.000-07:00I just did the move from SF to NJ/NY (I live in NJ...I just did the move from SF to NJ/NY (I live in NJ and work in NY) last year. Yes, there are striking differences, but I did move for career opportunity -- and wouldn't you know it, I don't love my job, but I do really like being out here. <BR/><BR/>I think it really is about thinking about what you want to get out of it. Like if you can reconcile in your mind that giving it a year or 2 for Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423966012856118334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198290.post-50952563023265120272007-10-05T15:01:00.000-07:002007-10-05T15:01:00.000-07:00THB and Mini, I'm not knocking the East Coast. I s...THB and Mini, I'm not knocking the East Coast. I simply acknowledge the fact that the lifestyles and culture are different. I spent straight five weeks of my life in Boston. It was great, but I've been warned by many East Coast transplants that the social circles are tight and slow to break into.<BR/><BR/>If I were even a few years younger I'd consider it. Right now, however, I'm not Pandaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889225111594518807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198290.post-65032791265484730312007-10-05T13:05:00.000-07:002007-10-05T13:05:00.000-07:00You are right the difference in coasts is striking...You are right the difference in coasts is striking, not so much in a social way as it is in a corporate way. I don't know what industry you work in or how formal a work environment it is, but that is the difference I noticed when I moved back east. Everything was hierarchical, much more than I expected it to be. I went from company A in SF which was just as large as company B in Boston. Same Sitcomgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569852590821005333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198290.post-86319245981640900092007-10-05T09:54:00.000-07:002007-10-05T09:54:00.000-07:00the east coast is exciting! nothing's wrong with ...the east coast is exciting! nothing's wrong with it :)shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14793492151690232688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198290.post-51318028338324584252007-10-04T20:01:00.000-07:002007-10-04T20:01:00.000-07:00Hey, I wouldn't discount a move East! This could ...Hey, I wouldn't discount a move East! This could be the opportunity of a lifetime..and honestly, what do you have to lose by embarking on a new adventure?<BR/><BR/>That's what my parents did, 30 years ago..they took the opportunity to come and study in the U.S. At the time they thought their lives were pretty good, but then they said, "What the heck" and ended up loving it more than they could teahousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222848511993932548noreply@blogger.com