In this Day 18 vlog, Kit Neoh explores several Silicon Valley tech headquarters while skateboarding through the area, showcasing the exteriors of Zynga, Postmates, Adobe, and Wix. He explains that Zynga’s security policy prevents interior filming without signing an NDA, which he declines. Kit meets Dan, a product manager at Zynga, who provides detailed, encouraging feedback on Kit’s own game, “Jelly Bean,” and urges him to keep developing the idea. Reflecting on the stark contrast between Silicon Valley’s work culture—free espresso, abundant food, spacious campuses—and the environment in Malaysia, Kit speculates that only a company like “Mine Valley” might compare. He concludes by heading to a Wix HQ meetup, hinting at future content about that experience.
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Hi guys, so today is day 18 and I'm actually going to Zynga right now. If you know the games of like Mafia Wars and I think Candy Crush, yeah, I'm going to their HQ right now to actually meet one of the product managers at Zynga. So hopefully I get to show you the office around and show you what it is inside. Outside. But yeah, I'm heading there right now, so I'll show you some stuff today. Bye-bye! If you can see right here is the HQ of Postmates.
I'm not sure, let me just switch the camera.
That is the HQ of Postmates. I'm not sure if it's available in Malaysia yet, but yeah, it's a pretty decent and nice HQ at Brennan Street. And yeah, I'm walking like— I'm actually skating, so I'll be like seeing some HQ on the way. I'll show you guys what it looks like from the outside. That is the Adobe HQ. Check out the dog. Damn, so big. And I'm here at Singa. Which is the English dog.
So apparently I need to sign an NDA if I want to vlog here.
So, um, I'm not allowed to video inside Zynga because of their security, and if I do, I need to sign a non-disclosure agreement, which I found it too troublesome to do so. So I'm actually going to tell you like their HQ True to its Silicon Valley style, that HQ is super huge and super nice. So I'm actually skateboarding across the road, so give me a minute. Ah, fuck. So yeah, I met with Dan, and he's one of the product managers at, uh, well, he's kind of like the product manager at Zynga, and he dealt— he deals with like all the games from Farmville, Mafia Wars, and Zynga Poker, all the games that you guys actually play. And I got like really good, like really, really good feedback from him about Jelly Bean and it's time to actually keep working on the idea itself. And yeah, he's a really nice guy though, super, super nice guy. And as I was saying, the whole campus itself, the whole Zynga campus, is so big. And like, like, I could— I can get like free espressos anytime I want, and free food. And the HQ itself is so nice. So I know it's, um, the work culture is so different. It's so different. It's something that I don't think anywhere— unfortunately, anywhere in Malaysia would be like. The only company I could think of that could match a work culture and work environment like the place here in Silicon Valley is probably Mine Valley, I would say. But well, that's, um, that's based on what I know actually. But if you guys know any companies out like that in Malaysia, just let me know or hit the comment right below here. Yeah, but yeah, I'm actually heading back home and just gonna cook some stuff and just keep working. And tonight I'll be going to Wix HQ. I'm not sure if you guys know the website called Wix, W-I-X dot com. They do websites for you and stuff like that. So I'm actually going for a meetup there, and yeah, I'll let you know more about how that goes. See ya! Oh, right now I'm actually heading down to Wix HQ. And yeah, it's a very nice day. Check this out, look at that, look at this whole place, so beautiful today.
Hi guys, um, today is the end of day 18, and I'll actually, uh, I'd like to give you like a small review on my stay so far here in San Francisco. And yeah, let me just start off with giving a really small review. Like, being here for 3 weeks now, and I realized that meeting with so many people here, meeting with so many smart people here, it made me realize how— it just made me realize that I'm not even at that level at all. Like, I used to— like, back in Malaysia, I used to think that I was really good at doing everything, I was technically way over my head, I would say. Like, I was really confident in doing the things that I do, knowing what to do and all that stuff. Yeah, I mean, that is Malaysian standard of knowing, but coming here is just on a different level. Like, people here are so smart, it's, it's crazy to even think that this type of people even exist. Like, it's just people here, the way they think, it's so different. It's, um, like the way they talk and like, um, everything is just different. And like, it's, uh, you don't even need to see like whether they're from Harvard and Stanford or whatnot. So far I've met only one person from Harvard and a lot of people from Stanford. And like, I wouldn't say that, you know, having a Harvard degree or having a Stanford degree means you're really smart, but most of these people are really, really smart. Like, I'm not even kidding. Like, it made me realize a lot that I have to step back. I have to step back and reflect on— and reflect on my— and reflect on myself. Like, just to rethink everything and learn every single thing that I've done long ago. Technically being a sponge again, just learning from all these people. And I really am thankful of being here because I have the privilege of learning from these people who are really smart, and hopefully to grow myself in a way once I come back to Malaysia, and to actually gain the experience and come back to Malaysia and hopefully to constantly learn as I go. And yeah, so that's the, the first, um, thing. Second thing is that people here are super collaborative. Like, if you go to Malaysia, like, fuck Malaysia, everyone's like, "Kia su!" It's like, "Fuck, I don't give a shit about you, man." But here is that people here genuinely, they want— they'll try their best to help in any ways they can. I guess that's like the Silicon Valley or the San Francisco culture where that's how the tech scene runs, because if you win, you get like an IPO. You get all the contacts, I technically win as well. So it's kind of like a win-win situation where people help each other. And I think this culture, it's so important that people should be really collaborative because that's how innovation, innovation is. Like, you need to help each other, you need to figure out new ideas to actually be really innovative. And that's why, um, San Francisco succeed in building a really, really different culture. Like, you have like awesome tech scene in Asia, like you have like Singapore, Hong Kong, and all this thing. But I don't think their culture is nowhere near San Francisco. Like, don't even count Malaysia in as a tech scene or anything like that. It's just that the culture here is so different, and like, me explaining won't do it justice. You have to actually live it here, come down here, go to the cafes, go to like places here and just look around. It's so different, so different. And that is, um, the second summary. I don't have a third summary because just don't have a third summary. I haven't explored much yet, um, but yeah, I'll definitely give you a full breakdown review on my whole stay in San Francisco and stuff like that. But yeah, That's technically what I wanted to let you guys know. It's a really, it's a really good knock to my head, I would say, that I need to reinvent myself again. And hopefully, hopefully reinventing myself to a better person and to absorb and learn as much as I can while I'm still here. Like, yeah, that's pretty much it. Well, see you guys.
