This is how cooked the SF dating scene is.

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Why it worked

The video leverages a relatable, hyper-specific cultural trope about San Francisco tech culture that triggers strong engagement through shared disbelief and commentary.

Summary

A man recounts a story about a friend whose date at Meta expressed hesitancy because she wasn't a senior software engineer yet. He uses this anecdote to highlight the absurdity of the San Francisco dating scene.

Structure

1Introduce the premise of the SF dating scene being cooked
2Share the anecdote about the friend's date at Meta
3Explain the date's specific criticism of the friend's career level
4Comment on the absurdity of the situation
5Ask the audience for their opinion

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SF dating scene is COOKED This is how cooked the SF dating scene is.

Transcript

This is how cooked the SF dating scene is. I have a friend, she went on a date with an engineering manager at Meta. Now, the date went okay, and she's not a manager, but she is a software engineer at another tech company, and he told her that his biggest hesitancy about her is that she's not a senior SWE yet. She's technically a junior. Dude, she's been in this industry for two and a half years. But according to him, she should have been able to get to senior, some type of team lead by now. She told me this, and I thought, that has to be the most Bay Area thing I've ever heard. Guys, how do you feel if your girl's not a team lead?