These 13 things show the dark side of Silicon Valley by Eugene Kim on Jan 31, 2016, 9:10 AM Advertisement
 There's a really cool sense of innovation in Silicon Valley that makes it one of the most popular destinations in the world. But everything has its down side, and Silicon Valley is no exception, as seen in this Quora post: "What's the dark side of Silicon Valley?" We sifted through the post to pull together 13 of the worst things about living in Silicon Valley. SEE ALSO: 13 things the best startup CEOs do better than everyone else Don't even think about starting a family with an average salary.  "It is amazingly difficult to start/have a family if you make 'normal' salaries here (you know, only in the $100k range). The amount of wealth in the area has driven up home prices near the places where the jobs are to astronomical levels." — Chris Schrader, business intelligence consultant
You'll meet some arrogant people.  "I grew up in an educationally arrogant environment. Students and adults alike were snotty about people who would go to community college / 'low tier college' (i.e. SJSU, and even highly ranked schools like UC Davis) because everyone's parents had a Ph.D from a prestigious university." — Min Ju Lee, Google X
Watch out for fake mentors.  "There are plenty of self-proclaimed 'mentors' fishing around to be an adviser to your nascent startup. They end up eating equity and not doing much except just keep connecting you to other useless people. My guess is that they do it because by amassing a huge collection of startups they 'advise', they can hope for at least one of them going Instagram." — Pallav Sharda, ex-physician now in digital health
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