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Bourdain didn't "give up". He suffered from mental illness exacerbated by a grueling schedule and poor work-life balance. If you want to learn something from him, you should learn that happiness is often found outside work and that career achievement doesn't mean you'll be happy or healthy.

I strongly recommend that you see a mental health professional to help you through this.

I'd also ask why you want to be in SV so badly. There are many other places to work with better pay compared to cost of living. There are great companies all over the world.

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Thanks for your reply. SV attracts me in terms of growth and the chaos, and the ability to learn. I eventually would like to build my own startup. Having spent almost a decade in the consulting industry I feel there is confinement in what I am able to be involved with.

Quite frankly as I stated, it is not at all about the pay/living costs, rather the congregation and assimilation of talented , out of the box, progressive mindsets and charismatic individuals it has produced that inspires me to the valley.