Who counts? I don't think by "SV/technology/hacker culture" you literally mean Silicon Valley only. How about a devops person, working with all the latest tech

Who counts? I don't think by "SV/technology/hacker culture" you literally mean Silicon Valley only. How about a devops person, working with all the latest tech? Does it matter if they reside in Virginia and work for the CIA? How about a GPGPU and FPGA programmer in Kansas? Does it matter if the code they write is for cruise missiles and they attend Westboro Baptist?