Having lived in the Bay area for a good few years while working for agencies in San Francisco, I know how outrageous some of the commutes are that people put up with for the pleasure of working in Silicon Valley… But this one takes the cake. A guy by the name of Dave Givens knew a seven-hour roundtrip commute to and from Mariposa to Cisco's San Jose headquarters wasn't normal, but he didn't think it exceptionally unusual. Then Midas called. The auto repair firm this week handed Givens its "America's Longest Commute" award for his daily 372 mile trek. Givens had entered the contest on a coworker's suggestion and never expected to win. Now, the electrical engineer is giving the massive commute a rethink.
I mean C’mon 372 miles round trip… Is this guy nuts? On the other hand, as I was in Palo Alto a couple of weeks ago, and the going price on a large cardboard box behind a Wal-Mart was about half a million, living on a porta-bed half way up El Cap sounds like a good deal.
Yeahh... But on the weekends I get to spend an extra 30 minutes on the ledge... Before I fall off!
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