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It's not really the infrastructure that makes it Silicon Valley. In my 15 years of living here, it's the people. The concentration of tech companies here and ta
by westoque 7y ago
It's not really the infrastructure that makes it Silicon Valley. In my 15 years of living here, it's the people. The concentration of tech companies here and talent is astounding! This is the only place where every week there's an interesting meetup with whatever tech of your choosing, be it Rails, Clojure or with management, with how to design/UX, and agile. This is the only place where a cafe is filled with tech people talking about their startups, pitch, their stack, etc.
I have been to many places including different tech metropolitans, like Berlin, but there's still nothing quite like Silicon Valley in terms of what I said above.
Now, my only gripe is that the housing market is crazy. It's funny how only the tech crowd get to afford to live here. I've seen families bunch together just to afford rent.
- hogu 7y agoNYC has a similar meetup culture and a great tech community. I'd bet Seattle, Austin, and Chicago do to. The difference is that other cities have diversified economies with multiple hot industries.
- navigatesol 7y ago>This is the only place where a cafe is filled with tech people talking about their startups, pitch, their stack, etc. How many people actually find this appealing? To an outsider, this is the joke of the Silicon Valley show: everybody is always "talking business" and "crushing it", while the vast majority of "engineering work" being done is mostly useless. The Silicon Valley lifestyle is to me the other side of coin as the Wall Street lifestyle.
- woah 7y agoI guess if you don’t like software it’s not a great place
- jjtheblunt 7y agoIf you do like software, it's still not a great place, because of groupthink. disclaimer : worked with a high rank in a FAANG company for several years...loved that microcosm, but quit because of the boredom of groupthink.
- jswizzy 7y agoChinese investors probably buy more houses than the actual Silicon Valley crowd. They love investing in homes in CA and NY.