In two weeks' time, I'll be flying out of Kennedy on a one way ticket west. (One way tickets are surprisingly expensive, reader, even when you check out the best deals on Kayak.) Leaving Brooklyn is bittersweet. But the prospect of a completely fresh start is seductive. How often in your life do you really get to up sticks, and find new friends, a new job and a new house all in one go?
Not that I'm expecting finding a job to be easy. Today's Wall Street Journal carries a spirit-sinking article Silicon Valley's Jobless Unplug from Tech, which suggests that even the tech-savvy are having a tough time finding work, given that unemployment has hit 11.8% out there.
That's what Fortune in the Valley is all about. Over the next few months, I'm planning on blogging about my efforts to find my fortune (or at the very least a job) in Silicon Valley. There will be some sidebars about the restaurants I try, the places I visit and (hopefully) the friends I make. In other words, a smorgasbord of all of the new experiences as I transition to the Far West Side. And I might even throw in some of the dramas associated with planning a wedding...
I'm hoping that the folks who keep me company on this journey will be a variety of friends, relatives and colleagues. But I'm also going to let prospective employers know what I'm up to, and see whether it helps in the hunt. I'm dubious that my musings will reach a wider audience, but modern media is a crazy thing, so it could happen.
Just in case, I am including a brief self-portrait for the faceless millions. The Fortune Huntress is a dual national of the UK and the US who is moving to California from Brooklyn in pursuit of true love. Her fiance, Eric, will be doing the financial heavy lifting while the Fortune Huntress searches for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Keep me company on the adventure, reader. I'm planning on having a ball.
Friday, July 31, 2009
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