I’ll be graduating at the end of the year (…hopefully), and the search for post-graduation employment has officially begun. It’s an inconvenient truth that the nexus of my field is in California, particularly The Bay Area. I have many issues with California, mostly stupid gun laws and the cost of living, but also because Cali is destined to become a barren dust bowl that eventually falls into the sea.
My original plan to approach this problem was simply not to apply to any companies that are based in California. There are, after all, tech hubs all over the country. It somehow never occurred to me that companies in California could find me.
Now, a company has contacted me, and we’ve set up a technical interview. I’ve no expectation this interview will result in a job offer, and am doing it just to get some interview experience. I have, however, been confronted with the ugly reality that to excel in the tech world may mean having to do a stint behind the Granola Curtain. This would likely be temporary, as California doesn't shoot people that try to flee (...yet).
So, I’d like to ask the members here who have lived / currently live in California: what’s it like to be a fiscally conservative gun owner in the Respublika Kalifornii?