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Thanks for reminding me again why I'm not in The Valley. Seems to me the place has become a very trendy echo chamber, more of a hot fashion and marketing center

by api 13y ago

Thanks for reminding me again why I'm not in The Valley. Seems to me the place has become a very trendy echo chamber, more of a hot fashion and marketing center than a center of innovation or creativity.

WalterSear 13y ago
FWIW, I've found it to be a hotbed of creativity and innovation, >and< a hotbed of flash-in-the-pan douchbaggery, if that's what you seek that out. The stupidity is easy to avoid.
- stephencanon 13y ago
  Yes, exactly. While there are a plenty of hucksters and faux-glamorous hangers-on, there is also an enormous amount of real work being done, both at quiet little startups too busy making something great to bother with publicity, and at large companies, where the engineering talent is sometimes so great that people don’t even notice that it’s there.