This article is a load of valley sensationalism if I've ever read it. This culture is not exclusive to the valley at all; you're not "coming home" to some excl

This article is a load of valley sensationalism if I've ever read it. This culture is not exclusive to the valley at all; you're not "coming home" to some exclusive club for a group of people who were shunned by the rest of the world. This culture and the types of people involved exist elsewhere in the world (in very large quantities, much of the time). You can claim LucasArts as valley, sure, that's fine. However, don't claim IRC, don't claim Linux, and don't claim the Anarchists Cookbook of all things. You got to where you were because you had persistance and some level of dedication that enabled you to build something remotely interesting - this is not the doing of a given area in the world. I love technology and startups as much as the next guy, but I really do think a more critical view of the valley and the surrounding tech scene is necessary. This kind of blind evangelizing for the valley also does nothing for other location's tech scenes.