San Francisco suits the ambitious and weird; New York suits the cool
Minn Kim · Silicon Valley's Best Kept Secret for Skilled Immigration | Minn Kim, Founder of Lighthouse · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · May 3, 2024 · at 34:35
Minn Kim, founder of immigration platform Lighthouse, compares living and working in San Francisco versus New York City.
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“Oh, the SF hype never went away. I think it is a deeply, deeply special place. And if you are ambitious and weird I think this is, like, San Francisco is, like, the perfect place for that. If you're ambitious and cool, I think you live in New York.”
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