When you’re young, relationships seem like a renewable resource. Friendships are plentiful and come easily. Just out of the house and out in the world, you’re eager to escape the heretofore-constant presence of family. Being pulled into work makes you feel important, independent, and adult. Work itself can provide a new community and new friendships, and the bonds formed during intense collaborative work are strong.
Read the entire thing. This article wouldn’t have kept me from moving to San Francisco but I would have done so much more cautiously with far more realistic expectations of failure.
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