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>Is IBM included in metaphorical Silicon Valley? What about Expedia? Or Concur? Seems very arbitrary. Is metaphorical Silicon Valley only applicable to negative
by chibg10 8y ago
>Is IBM included in metaphorical Silicon Valley? What about Expedia? Or Concur? Seems very arbitrary. Is metaphorical Silicon Valley only applicable to negative actions of tech companies or does it apply to all big tech companies? I searched for “metaphorical Silicon Valley” and didn’t see anything relevant.
Right, and while we're at it Goldman Sachs shouldn't be considered part of Wall Street. They're headquartered on West St after all!
- mulmen 8y agoGoldman Sachs is obviously a “Wall Street” company because they are based in NYC and participate in the financial industry. Amazon, Microsoft, Concur and Expedia are all headquartered in Washington State which is nowhere near Silicon Valley. Similarly IBM is headquartered in New York. My question is what makes a company outside SV a “SV Company”. This usage of the term is new to me so I am attempting to get a more complete understanding of the meaning.
- DennisAleynikov 8y agojust being a tech company. thats it. NYC had Silicon Alley. Utah has Silicon Slopes, London, Seattle etc all harbor "SV-style" companies which mostly are internet services with clients. Its not a confusing or uncommon term especially because theres a lions share of these cheaply made internet services being created left and right in silicon valley and beyond.
- rhizome 8y agoIs it too hard to take the charitable view that by "SV Company" they mean "internet company?"
- mulmen 8y agoYes because not all "internet companies" have the same culture as companies from the South Bay area.
- rhizome 8y agoNot all South Bay companies have the same culture, either, so maybe the category should to be adjusted, and to me, I think the actual category is internet companies, which I think are more congruent in their goals than they are if evaluated by geography.