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>A scant five years ago, a “tech bro” wrote an open letter to San Francisco mayor about street conditions, including being assaulted by a homeless person and pe
by scotuswroteus 5y ago
>A scant five years ago, a “tech bro” wrote an open letter to San Francisco mayor about street conditions, including being assaulted by a homeless person and pervasive drug use on the streets. He was lambasted in tech and national press, and his letter effectively ended his career. If he had written that letter in pretty much any other city, everyone would have agreed with him. In San Francisco today, everyone now publicly states what he wrote five years ago.
This has been a part of SF culture since Tom Wolfe wrote about City Hall. I really don't understand folks who have lived here for a quarter century and don't know the City's history and culture.
- BryantD 5y agoIt's also a misleading paragraph. The "tech bro" who wrote the open letter is Justin Keller. I'll reserve judgement on whether or not his career is over; he's currently running a devops consultancy, and I don't know how successful it is. However, the "effectively ended his career" link goes to a story about someone else completely: Greg Gopman. Justin Keller factors in only in a few paragraphs at the end of that story, and there are no conclusions drawn about whether or not his career is over.