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>I think cross-pollination of ideas is the major advantage of Silicon Valley. Seattle is also getting better recently, with big companies opening more jobs. Te
by burger_moon 9y ago
>I think cross-pollination of ideas is the major advantage of Silicon Valley. Seattle is also getting better recently, with big companies opening more jobs.
Tech workers hanging out with other tech workers is still a huge circle jerk of ideas. If all you've known is graduate university with a CS degree and working at tech companies and living in upper middle class and wealthy livelihoods you are still part of the same monoculture. Not much changes between Google and MS in the larger picture.
- khalilravanna 9y agoRight SF is better than what the parent comment describes but it very oftentimes is still devoid of true diversity. I worked at a company based in SF and made the conscious decision not to live there. It felt like every time I would go out to a bar or coffee shop all I would hear is tech workers and business investors having the same types of conversations everywhere. More than being crummy for expanding one's perspective on a whole host of issues, it was just plain depressing to be around.
- DenisM 9y agoI agree. Still monoculture within one company is worse than monoculture within an industry.