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Rya Jetha

Claremont, San Francisco

Dow Jones News Fund Reporter at CalMatters

Tech culture reporter @sfstandard via @business & @calmatters Tips + ☕️: [email protected] / signal: rjetha.07 🇺🇸🇮🇳🇬🇧 /🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️📚🏎️

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  • 1 day ago | sfstandard.com | Emily Dreyfuss |Rya Jetha |Kevin Truong

    If you’ve ever been to a networking event in SoMa and found yourself cornered by a coder who hasn’t outgrown their Ayn Rand phase, you’ll immediately recognize the characters in HBO’s new techdoomsday satire “Mountainhead.”In the Bay Area, a grown-up case of infectious Randianism seems to spread seasonally — and no one is too bothered.

  • 4 days ago | sfstandard.com | Rya Jetha

    Zsombor “Anthony” Jancso and Jordan Wick had lucrative jobs at blue-chip tech companies — the kind of roles that are increasingly tough for new college grads to come by. But for them, it wasn’t enough. Frustrated with the direction of San Francisco’s drift, they had a vision of young tech workers working hand-in-hand with local government to solve core challenges like homelessness, degrading public safety, and trash on city streets.

  • 6 days ago | sfstandard.com | Rya Jetha

    As I walked into the Strand Theater with a group of theater-curious tech founders, there was one question on our minds: Who, in the year of our Lord 2025, is asking for another hip-hop musical? For one: LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman. The billionaire has invested in everything from OpenAI to a proposed utopia in rural California.

  • 2 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Rya Jetha |Ezra Wallach

    Johnn Cabacungan, a 21-year-old from Los Angeles, flashed a toothy smile as he looked for his crew Saturday in the crush of people outside UC Berkeley’s California Memorial Stadium after commencement. A media studies major, Cabacungan has a string of internships at Adobe and other companies on his résumé and served as president of UC Berkeley’s consulting club. He’s the kind of gunner who in recent years would have had a cushy job waiting for him.

  • 3 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Rya Jetha

    Daniel Ha loves to argue. He loves it so much that his last company was an internet commenting platform that allowed people to banter about news. But he knows his contrarian bent can be tiresome for the people around him. So when AI came along, and others started thinking about how to build friends, romantic partners, or tutors, Ha, 39, saw an opportunity to make what he’d always wanted: a debate opponent who loves arguing as much as he does.

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Rya Jetha
Rya Jetha @reeyopeeyo
9 May 25

I'm working a story about the entry-level tech job market. If you're a graduating senior or recent graduate with a computer science (or related) degree trying to land a job in SF Bay Area, I want to hear about your experience! DM / [email protected] / rjetha.07 on Signal.

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Rya Jetha @reeyopeeyo
25 Apr 25

RT @sfstandard: From giants like OpenAI to early-stage startups you’ve never heard of, secondary sales in private companies are how techies…

Rya Jetha
Rya Jetha @reeyopeeyo
22 Apr 25

RT @KevinNguyen_89: Elon Musk told investors today he intends to step back from DOGE next month to spend more time with Tesla, which has ta…