{"id":1340,"date":"2014-11-13T22:18:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T06:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=1340"},"modified":"2014-11-13T22:18:32","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T06:18:32","slug":"7-days-til-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/11\/13\/7-days-til-30\/","title":{"rendered":"7 days til 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biggest moment #1 – Moving to California<\/strong><\/p>\n

The biggest moment that I can think of… the one that really defines all of the rest is moving to California.<\/p>\n

I never wanted to stay in North Carolina. It was never going to be a big enough pond for me. Matt Davis was already out in California, and I wanted to join him, and then the two of us were going to take over the Valley.<\/p>\n

I was interviewing like crazy.<\/p>\n

I got to 2nd round interviews with Mint, first round with Apple, second round with Google, and I just couldn’t close the deal. I interviewed with agencies, hedge funds, and everything in between.<\/p>\n

I read TechCrunch religiously, and applied to every company that showed up (well, every company at Series A and lower).<\/p>\n

I was desperate to get into the ground floor, and ride the roller coaster to the top of the Silicon Valley dream.<\/p>\n

After 20 some odd interviews, I walked in the doors on Tennessee Street, and convinced the TokBox crew to hire me.<\/p>\n

I don’t think I was that good… I just think they were desperate. And sometimes that’s all it takes.<\/p>\n

Shep got a job out in San Francisco as well, and we moved out together. My parents didn’t want me to have a room mate, but I didn’t want to be alone. Having Shep was huge for me. It got me through so much that first year.<\/p>\n

And then everything else just falls from there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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