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As an outsider to Silicon Valley, it really seems like it's full of drama and ego wars. Seeing grown men and women argue like children really makes me happy I r
by nkohari 16y ago
As an outsider to Silicon Valley, it really seems like it's full of drama and ego wars. Seeing grown men and women argue like children really makes me happy I resisted the urge to move out there.
- zkirill 16y agoClearly you've never been to Hollywood.
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- nostrademons 16y agoYou realize that there a few million people in Silicon Valley, and this concerns a few dozen of them?
- peteforde 16y agoI think he gets that, yeah. There really is an overwhelming aura of "you don't get taken seriously unless you're in the Valley" which gets a bit grating when you have legitimate reasons for living elsewhere. The OP simply means that the grass isn't always greener.
- nkohari 16y agoExactly. I think there's a lot of smart people in the Valley, but every time I hear a story like this, it sounds more and more like a clubhouse for middle schoolers.
- Alex3917 16y agoI think of it like this: L.A. = High school for adults New York = College for adults Silicon Valley = Middle school for adults That's not meant as pure criticism, I actually kind of like it, but it just gets annoying at times.
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- nostrademons 16y agoBoston = Grad school for adults. ;-) Also, if Silicon Valley were middle school for adults, there'd be more girls here.
- Goosey 16y agoAustin = Smoking behind the bleachers for adults?
- lrm242 16y agoAll right, all right, all right.
- zackattack 16y agoi would actually like the analogy continued.. i'm mobile and i find it to be informative about various US cities.
- gms 16y agoIt didn't seem so at first, but I think there is something insightful about Alex's and your characterisations of these cities (disclosure: I currently live in Cambridge, MA).
- timinman 16y agoLA more mature than Silicon Valley!?
- Eliezer 16y agoThe important thing is that you've found a way to feel superior to everyone there, I guess. http://xkcd.com/774/ http://xkcd.com/774/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/yp/pretending_to_be_wise/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/yp/pretending_to_be_wise/
- nocman 16y agoSeems to me like you are jumping to a pretty big conclusion about nkohari's comment. Or am I misunderstanding what you were trying to say? I didn't see any "feeling superior" at all in what nkohari said. You don't have to feel superior to someone who is behaving childishly just because you don't want to be around them. And I don't think he was targeting "everyone there" either. He just said Silicon Valley was "full of drama and ego wars". Now, perhaps "full of" is overly strong. I'm sure there are plenty of level-headed people in the mix too. But I don't doubt from what I've read and seen that there is plenty of "drama and ego wars" to go around.
- JoeAltmaier 16y agoRight. Pretty low bar to feel superior to children.
- nkohari 16y agoThe irony in this comment is delicious, in that by posting it, you've found a way to feel superior to me. Congratulations! You also completely misinterpreted what I was saying, but I suspect you're not interested in that anyway.
- jimbokun 16y agoDid you read the mouse over on the xkcd comic?
- jacoblyles 16y agoI just moved here and I think it's awesome. There are so many tech meetups, startup founders, hackathons, and jobs (if your startup doesn't work out) that it's worth it. I still only interact with the drama by reading it on the internet and I get a lot of benefits from living here.