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> Today Silicon Valley sounds more and more like the old money club of Wall Street ... or Holywood, where VCs (producers) minimize risk by funding well-known f
by felipe 13y ago
> Today Silicon Valley sounds more and more like the old money club of Wall Street
... or Holywood, where VCs (producers) minimize risk by funding well-known formulas betting that a blockbuster will save the summer, while talented programmers (actors) get any job out there, stay a few months, cash in and go to the next gig. A bunch of other untalented wannabes (biz devs, MBAs, PRs) act as talent scouts, schmoozing at "parties" (meet-ups) trying to find the next fresh-out-of-the-boat programmer to exploit.
In that sense, I believe NYC and other areas provide a much healthier environment for true "indie" productions (aka customer-centric development)
- michaelochurch 13y agoI believe NYC and other areas provide a much healthier environment for true "indie" productions (aka customer-centric development) I love NYC as a city, but New York VC-istan is awful. Just fucking taint-sniffingly hideous. Unimaginative, with even more MBA-culture. And the sorts of MBAs that end up in New York startups are catastrophically bad-- people who just weren't smart enough to stay in finance (and that doesn't take much). Go to "other areas" if you want an indie scene: places that are clearly on the rise like Austin, Durham, Boulder and Baltimore. Funding will be harder to get, though.