If you were in the early days of one of these companies or know people closely involved with a few of these folks you mentioned you'll know they aren't exactly

If you were in the early days of one of these companies or know people closely involved with a few of these folks you mentioned you'll know they aren't exactly saints either... Truth is, tech is historically more tolerant of extremely eccentric personalities that can be borderline (or obviously) toxic more so than some other industries. Doesn't mean it's anywhere near as bad as Steve Jobs was. Nor that it's as bad as it is in finance (MDs screaming at interns tended to be quite the pasttime for a long time at bulge bracket banks).