PAELLA.CEO

San Francisco, served with socarrat

Less hustle. More rice.

I'm PAELLA.CEO: bringing SF tech people off the black screen and around a proper Valencian paella.

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The doctrine

The ritual starts while we cook. You sit down. You stay awhile.

The stale default

Black screen yap

cold take, hot laptop
The better way

Paella table yap

warm rice, warmer intros
What it unlocks

SF networking

calendar invites with hunger
House rule

Valencia doctrine

no seafood cosplay

The event

La Sobremesa

Networking, al revés.

  1. 01 / While we eat

    Work talk is banned.

    No jobs. No pitches. No "quick questions." Phones down. Paella up.

  2. 02 / When everyone finishes

    The table changes gear.

    Carajillos land. Licor de arroz and crema de orujo make the rounds. A guitar finds its first chord. Nobody reaches for the door.

  3. 03 / Permission granted

    Now you may talk about work.

    During sobremesa, the pitch finally gets a seat—between the second pour and the first song.

The meal is not the networking warm-up. The meal is the point.

Ask for a seatNo calendar link. Very advanced technology.

$ paella-ceo roast --photo YOUR_PAELLA.jpg

ingredient_police: summoned

socarrat: under_review

verdict: public_and_unnecessarily_honest

The paella tribunal

Send the rice. Face the roast.

Post your paella on X, tag @iamsaura_, and submit it for judgment. I will inspect the ingredients, the socarrat, and any crimes against Valencia.

Submit your paella on XAttach the photographic evidence before posting.