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> In San Francisco, it’s very different. You can be a techie like Marissa Mayer, and on the red carpet and have people comment on your awesome date or outfit.
by true_religion 15y ago
> In San Francisco, it’s very different. You can be a techie like Marissa Mayer, and on the red carpet and have people comment on your awesome date or outfit.
Er... I think if you're the vice president of a company, any company, with nearly $60 billion dollars worth of assets then you'll be invited to a red carpet event.
You're even more likely to be invited if that same company is always in the news under such hot topics as "pulls out of china due to foreign hacking", "driverless cars" and "did Do No Evil Inc., do evil?".
Honestly, you could do better than pick a Google VP as an example of a techie being treated as high status, only because they're in San Fran.
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- anthonyb 15y agoI think the point behind that was not about her per se, but that she (as a "techie") was on the red carpet in the first place. In a city like LA I imagine you'd see movie stars or rock stars, and zero techies, whether they're VP of a $60BN company or not.
- bugsy 15y agoThe actual event referenced by the article was the opening of the Symphony season, which is an event available to anyone who wishes to purchase a ticket. No actual red carpet was in evidence in the photos. Those who attend and wear clothes by top designers are more likely than others to get their photo in the society page. It's not really about tech people being respected in the bay area in this example, it's about tech people who happen to be interested in the arts and who also wear clothes that cost a few thousands of dollars.