When Silicon Valley Was Young

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1. I was born in Silicon Valley in 1971.

People have no idea what an amazing place this was to grow up in back in the 70s and even into the 80s.

I came across one of my dad's old resumes from 1975. He was asking for $18,000 per year: my mom chose to be a stay at home mom with a baby on the way, they owned their house for 8 years already, 2 cars, good benefits and time off for several trips per year for vacations, camping and to visit family.

Somehow I find myself living just a few blocks from where I grew up, make far more than my father ever did and I can barely afford even my rent controlled apartment.

Silicon Valley is an empty husk of what it once was.