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Who cares what’s actually in the valley, it’s just a shorthand for the tech industry.
by drb91 8y ago
Who cares what’s actually in the valley, it’s just a shorthand for the tech industry.
- IggleSniggle 8y agoI have never read it that way, but rather as a shorthand for VC dominated tech-startup culture. I’m a developer that’s never worked on the west coast though; it may have different regional connotations.
- warp_factor 8y agoThere is still something special about the Silicon Valley location vibe that you only see while living there. Everyone in tech around you making a LOT of money but pretending it is not their goal. That they want to make the world a "better place". Then going to SF and seeing so many homeless and poor people being down looked by tech hipsters.
- walshemj 8y agoDo you think the majority of tech SV workers look down on the homeless and poor at a greater rate than say traditional blue collar workers do?
- warp_factor 8y agoProbably on the same levels as traditional blue collars. What I find shocking is the dystopia with that morale high ground of "making the world a better place". It all feels very fake and hypocritical.