Yea, this is true of the greater software industry. It's not specific to the bay area. One of my internships in the midwest was at a place where barefoot was

Yea, this is true of the greater software industry. It's not specific to the bay area. One of my internships in the midwest was at a place where barefoot was ok, sandals were the norm, and M&Ms (specifically the peanut variety) were called "developer pellets" and consumed in great quantity.