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Most "tech" shows or hacker scenes are akin to the police procedurals, courtroom dramas, and medical shows that generally don't bear much relationship with what
by maxwell 4y ago
Most "tech" shows or hacker scenes are akin to the police procedurals, courtroom dramas, and medical shows that generally don't bear much relationship with what it's like day-to-day for cops, lawyers, or hospital workers. (Hence shows/films like The Wire and Reno 911, My Cousin Vinny and Suits, St. Elsewhere and Scrubs stand out.)
As a founder of a venture-backed startup with first-to-market tech that went through an accelerator in Palo Alto in the 2010s, Silicon Valley is basically entirely accurate. Actually tamer and more restrained than reality in many regards, at least anecdotally.
- mrtksn 4y agoThe satire wasn't that distant from reality and at times it could be uncomfortable to watch because of how real it was. Then in 2022 a CEO posts a picture of himself crying for firing employees which might have been off taste and break the feel of realism in the show. I can kind of imagine Russ Hanneman posting a crying selfie then Gilfoyle and Dinesh making fun of it but that would still look like a caricature.
- maxwell 4y agoOffice Space and Scrubs are satire, Silicon Valley is grim, highly accurate historical fiction set in the 2010s that happens to be funny.