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Nerds. Represent. That's one of the best things about being in Silicon Valley. Nerds have won the battle, and we rule here. It's actually a good thing to be
by iamelgringo 17y ago
Nerds. Represent.
That's one of the best things about being in Silicon Valley. Nerds have won the battle, and we rule here. It's actually a good thing to be a nerd here. "Coolness" tends to be based on what new technologies you're playing with and what you're building.
When I lived in Chicago, it was clear that the jocks ruled. Walking down Rush and Division (Sports Bar Mecca) on a Friday or Saturday night immediately gave me flashbacks of ninth grade. That was the year that I got 65 wedgies at boarding school.
- alexgartrell 17y agoI might have a unique insight here, as a CS Major/Software Engineering Minor, but if there's a personality difference between the average high school athlete and the C-level executives that actually run this town, I haven't seen or heard about it yet. The "jock personality" is doing very well here. The good news: jocks don't actually hate or even dislike nerds. Teammates of mine played World of Warcraft, loved gaming, and participated in numerous nerd pursuits. Throughout my football career I was deeply interested in Computer Science. Nerds just need to figure out that the jock personality is actually useful, and figure out how to use it.
- DTrejo 17y ago>Nerds just need to figure out that the jock personality is actually useful, and figure out how to use it. I think that some people with tons of booksmarts don't see the value of streetsmarts. It is almost ironic, as one would think that all those booksmarts would lead to such a realization.
- zackattack 17y agoMy streetsmarts are mainly the result of a deduction that the cultivation of such smarts is efficient and rational. Happy to go into this further, over email (zackster=gmail).