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SF tech party culture sounds awful. It sounds no less superficial and dehumanizing than the worst of celebrity adulation in Hollywood.
by nether 11y ago
SF tech party culture sounds awful. It sounds no less superficial and dehumanizing than the worst of celebrity adulation in Hollywood.
- endlessvoid94 11y agoAccurate.
- toyg 11y agoCelebrity works in the same way everywhere, from academia to sports to showbiz. What changes are the parameters that define your social status.
- birken 11y agoWell I've been in the SF tech community for a long time and can't say I've experienced any superficial or dehumanizing things at parties. There are certainly jerks in the tech community, but there are jerks everywhere. If you avoid the jerks, you'll probably have a good time.
- DougN7 11y agoI don't get it. Where does this need to be on stage, and be in the middle of everything, and have everyone know you come from? If I was Einstein's brother, nobody would know and I wouldn't care -- and thus this situation wouldn't happen. Maybe I'm too far from the whole 'scene' to understand. I guess it's unfortunate for Noah that he looks pretty similar to his brother because people figure it out on their own. And it's genuinely too bad he's had such a rough past few years - much rougher than it should have been.
- jeena 11y agoHe wrote it happened mostly with people he considered friends already, those people would definaty know who hi was and would brag about it to have him at their party.
- asadlionpk 11y agoThis is very accurate. I recently moved here and am so fed up with how superficial these meetups are. So I have boycotted from all of it now. Better stay home and code something than waste time networking.
- maceo 11y agoThe comparison is apropos. I've lived in Hollywood most of my life and have to spend time in SF for work. The entertainment people get a bad rap for being superficial douchebags and chronic bullshitters, but it doesn't even compare to the SF scene. At least in Hollywood, if someone thinks they're hot shit, you can go on imdb and see if they're really as self-important as they think they are. In SF everyone is the best programmer, is working at the most important non-profit, is building the next huge app, and it's very difficult to tell if they're full of shit (hint: 99% of them are).
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- shurane 11y agoIs there really that much celebrity status thumping for programmers in SF? Maybe in particular circles, but I want to believe that SF has more diversity in tech than that.