So Silicon Valley

Life and weird observations of a transplant to the Bay Area.

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So Silicon Valley is now a book!

What happens when a graphic designer from SoCal moves to Silicon Valley to work in tech? This comic collection of comic vignettes chronicles the strange, unexpected, hilarious, and infuriating experiences of that artist-turned-marketer in techland. Includes brand new pages beyond what is shown in this blog. Printed, stapled, and folded by me. At less than $7, you know I’m not paying myself for my own labor. Let’s call it an “unpaid internship.”

16 pages 5.5x8 inches

Available in the Shop at Storenvy!

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The president of Cisco is my homie...right?

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They were doing a hacking competition.

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An ACTUAL billboard I saw recently. I think for Firefox.

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So SoCal: Movie-making! The very same friend who came up with the title “So SoCal” also told me that he always sees people doing shoots in parks around town. What luck! Immediately after telling me this at Elysian Park, we found people doing a photoshoot!

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So I went back to LA for New Year’s and collected many good topics for comics. These are two fabulous people I encountered while hiking Runyon Canyon in the middle of the day. It’s SO SoCal!

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Gender distribution of almost every company I’ve ever worked at (2004-2015): an even ratio of male-to-female employees but upper management is almost all men while lower workers are almost all women.

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Another instance of something that really happened, as preposterous as it sounds.

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I wish so hard that I could say this is fiction or even based on a true story, but this is ACTUALLY A TRUE STORY.

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More people I met in Alaska.

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Finally! I made my way to Alaska for vacation! I observed the culture and met a ton of people and just had to represent that through a few comics. Here’s Alaska resident #1.

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I’m pretty sure I was always a hipster but the new glasses make me notice it more.

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The final initiation into hipsterdom: the glasses.

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Because not everyone in the Bay is an aspiring actor or actress!