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It's this "let's hack together" mentality that seems to be lacking in Southern California, where so many schools & companies still insist on cubicles. Time to t
by hparra 16y ago
It's this "let's hack together" mentality that seems to be lacking in Southern California, where so many schools & companies still insist on cubicles. Time to take the train up to SF...
- haploid 16y agoI suspect it's because we in SoCal prefer actually getting work done instead of being trendy and being seen hanging out with other trendy people doing trendy things. Although I do exclude certain portions of LA and Hollywood from this description.
- acgourley 16y agoIt's not that people disagree entirely, it's just your tone.
- haploid 16y agoMy comment is very tribalist in nature( e.g. my region is superior to your region ), and I fully expected the downvotes. Regardless, it does reflect much of what I see in the insular SF startup culture, even if it's based entirely on my anecdotal evidence.
- jackowayed 16y agoIf you knew you were phrasing it unproductively (if the way you phrase it causes a valid point to get downvoted, that's unproductive), why not change the phrasing? E.g. "That mentality may be trendy these days, but I've found that the open office space approach can make it hard to find time to really focus and get things done." Still gets your point across, but presents it in a less antagonistic way, leading to productive discussion rather than downvotes.
- sukuriant 16y agoShock value. Anger causes people to think.
- jackowayed 16y ago1) Hacker News is not about getting people to think through shock value. And I think a lot of us would leave if it were. 2) Anger about grave moral atrocities causes people to think. Anger about someone antagonistically phrasing a denouncement of their working style causes people to write you off as a troll and move on with their lives.
- technomancy 16y agoI hacked in SoCal for a few years, and I can't remember seeing any of the "getting stuff done" attitude during my time there.
- dweekly 16y agoThere are a bunch of people in Santa Monica who are looking at starting a Hacker Dojo...
- billpaetzke 16y agoSweet! I would be all over that. There's really only one good coworking space there: CoLoft. But it's marketed to all freelance/remote workers--not just hackers. Would be nice to get a dedicated hacker place.
- thesethings 16y agoNot sure if it meets your criteria, but there http://blog.crashspace.org http://blog.crashspace.org in Culver City. I'm up in Portland, but have admired it from afar. Seems to have some great events, especially lots of hardware hacking.