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> These coworking spaces are terrible. They're like Monkey Joe's for tech bro's.
by auiya 8y ago
> These coworking spaces are terrible.
They're like Monkey Joe's for tech bro's.
- whalesalad 8y agoIt's not really tech bro's ... I don't encounter those people very often. I think that fraternity style vibe has kinda gone by the wayside. It's everyone else who aren't really technologists but want to get in on the gold rush. The social media marketing companies, the wordpress/magento factories, the crypto people, the uber-for-xyz... there is a lot of noise both literally and figuratively with these groups.
- dvtrn 8y agoDon't forget the bootcamps. A company I departed about two years ago was in a Regus spot. We watched 4 bootcamps in 3 years pop up for 6-8 weeks at a time, graduate a "class", pack up and leave.
- badwolf 8y agoI'm currently "officing" in a WeWork dedicated desk. Out of all the desks immediately around me, I'm the only person working for a "tech" company. There's a building contractor, a couple designers, electrical engineers, and a Realtor, and a marketer for some distillery/alcohol co.
- whalesalad 8y agoThat sounds like a pretty cool snapshot of a diverse set of folks.
- tnecniv 8y agoJust curious, what kind of company do the EEs work for if not tech?
- pinot 8y agoJust guessing, but probably traditional electrical engineers. Like designing the power system for a restaurant buildout or whatever.
- badwolf 8y agoExactly this. The fellow in the desk right next to me is doing the power/lighting work for a new restaurant going in in my apartment building - which is how I found out that’s what he does, when I ran into him outside my building entrance.
- Nasrudith 8y agoThat amusingly describes we work as well - they are clearly marketers above all else - you can tell because they speak in pure buzzword instead of technical aspects at all - even by the standards of overhyped technologies.