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W/R/T who reads it, one of my best friends LOVES Valleywag and I ask him about it all the time. He thinks SV is just up its own ass (maybe), especially as it re
by tomasien 13y ago
W/R/T who reads it, one of my best friends LOVES Valleywag and I ask him about it all the time. He thinks SV is just up its own ass (maybe), especially as it relates to social issues (yes) and that makes it like hate porn for him. I suppose that makes an ounce of sense, but the criticism of the businesses and innovation themselves feel out of place in that environment.
The other side is just haters, there's been a recent wave of really awesome startups that are growing fast and doing great stuff, and haters are looking for something to hate. I know some people don't like to see the term "hater" used like that, but man is it useful!
- crassus 13y agoWith respect to the social issues - on GitHub, nobody knows you're not a white straight male, but it turns out that open source is mostly written by white straight males anyway. Most of the criticism from the east coast seems to be that Silicon Valley doesn't care enough about correcting this outcome, and I'd say they are right - most engineers care more about how code works than who wrote it, and that's very much an old-fashioned enlightenment value that I agree with. While initiatives to lower the barrier to entry in writing software are great, I'm not sure I want to see an industry that cares more about achieving social equality than writing good code. Crowds of engineers will never be fertile soil for social justice warriors for this reason.
- seivan 13y agoI don't use certain OSS libs because of the people writing/maintaing it. I'd rather spent some nights and weekends writing my own. Of course this is if it's feasible. Sometimes I got no choice.