It reminds me of the aesthetics of "enterprise" and "big serious business". You know: generic stock photos of server rooms, smiling businessmen https://www.goog

It reminds me of the aesthetics of "enterprise" and "big serious business". You know: generic stock photos of server rooms, smiling businessmen https://www.google.com/search?q=smiling+businessman+hand&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=smiling+businessman+hand&tbm..., smiling telemarketers/help desk operators https://www.google.com/search?q=smiling+telemarketer&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=smiling+telemarketer&tbm=isc... Most of these companies are selling stuff to developers/designers/people running startups or tech businesses. There's a reason for this aesthetic, even if it's quickly becoming stale. I don't like it partly because it kind of reinforces a stereotype that software engineering and design is an easy job and the people doing it are somewhat shallow. Working from a coffee shop in no way implies that, but when people dismiss developers/designers as hipsters using their laptops in a coffee shop, there's a baggage in the discourse.