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> I had a similar experience with other west coast tech companies. I am the infra lead for a "west coast tech company", and they gave us the same guff. I knew
by _jal 6y ago
> I had a similar experience with other west coast tech companies.
I am the infra lead for a "west coast tech company", and they gave us the same guff. I knew we would not be using them after the first few minutes of listening to them.
But please do continue to hate on this coast, tell your friends. I don't want to compete with more folks for housing.
- crmd 6y agoI understand how Parent’s “west coast company” tag can come off as snotty, but I’ve begun using “west coast” and “east coast” as non-pejorative shorthand when discussing with a mixed audience the two major distinct and incompatible corporate operating systems in the tech industry. The coastal definition is obviously imprecise, e.g. HP, based in Palo Alto, is as much an “east coast company” as IBM and JPMorgan Chase in New York, however it gets the point across more effectively and non-pejoratively IMO than enterprise vs startup, old school vs new school, companies who run on VMware vs k8s companies, oracle-y or Googley, boomer company vs hipster company, etc. I’ve found every person you’re talking to, whether they’re a developer, salesperson, HR recruiter, investor, etc. immediately knows what you’re taking about in context. Long response but I had previously been thinking about this and appreciate to hear others’ thoughts.