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> Its the weirdos who gave us the Apple // and the Mac. Not the button down conservative culture Thiel represents. I don't think that's fair. First of all, in
by cderwin 10y ago
> Its the weirdos who gave us the Apple // and the Mac. Not the button down conservative culture Thiel represents.
I don't think that's fair. First of all, in some sense Thiel is one of those "weirdos" you mentioned above as a gay man. But that aside, the more modern versions of those enterprises -- google, facebook, uber -- were all funded by that "button-down conservative culture". It is hard, if not impossible, to call the success of those enterprises as anything but cooperation between "the weirdos" and people like Thiel.
And it is of course ridiculous to say that Thiel isn't genuinely a member of the tech community: if partners in ycombinator aren't genuine members of the tech industry, then who is? Just the engineers?
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoDepends what your focus is. If your focus is playing the stock market or IPO game, it doesn't really matter what industry you're in. You're merely an investor. Yes, I think this anti-engineer culture at work at HN is ridiculous. Its the people building the future and having a vision for it who matter. Not the bankers who write the loans/buy stock/buy equity. That what Thiel's role is, pretty much just what banks used to do for businesses, except the SV way is no collateral just equity. I think we greatly overplay the importance of the money men and let them steal credit from the engineers and founders. > "the weirdos" and people like Thiel. He stopped being one of the weirdos a long time ago. He's the establishment the weirdos now have to fight against.