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I live in a small city in the midwest. I've never heard people complain about "tech bros" here, probably because any we might have are basically invisible, but

I live in a small city in the midwest. I've never heard people complain about "tech bros" here, probably because any we might have are basically invisible, but there are a lot of people who really dislike and distrust the companies and some of the people mentioned in the article (Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Uber). The article actually does a great job of capturing what regular folks think about SV. Bill Gates (I know, not SV, but still tech) is another who is still despised by a good number of ordinary people here, though he has done a good job of aligning himself with Warren Buffett in their minds. For some reason, a lot of people around here admire Buffett. Gates' Q rating has risen accordingly, I'm sure.

autokad 9y ago
my biggest problem with big tech is they leave people not born / went to a school on the extreme coasts completely out of the hiring process. The midwest charged forward a large share of human innovation and large tech basically says: do not bother applying.
- santaclaus 9y ago
  > The midwest charged forward a large share of human innovation and large tech basically says: do not bother applying. UIUC, Wisconsin, Michigan are all awesome CS programs, with tons of alums in big tech companies.
dredmorbius 9y ago
It's difficult to hate what you don't know. People in small midwestern towns don't know tech bros. They do know Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon. Uber is probably a mixed bag.