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I assume you're aware of who raganwald is, the person you're replying to? Not technically Silicon Valley, but close enough. I've deliberately kept my account "
by sounds 13y ago
I assume you're aware of who raganwald is, the person you're replying to? Not technically Silicon Valley, but close enough.
I've deliberately kept my account "low-profile" for exactly this reason.
I'm in SV and frequently rub shoulders with these people. Trust me, they're not ignorant. They've picked a side already.
But it's so much easier to play hardball with a new hire who doesn't know anything; thus this kind of thing is "ignored."
- leoc 13y agoYes, I know a fair bit about who raganwald is; I was thinking of the guys who are even more prominent and more SV-centred than him. All due respect to raganwald's willingness to stick his head above the parapet on sensitive topics like this, though. > But it's so much easier to play hardball with a new hire who doesn't know anything; thus this kind of thing is "ignored." I don't know about that though: if I was, say for instance, in a line of business which benefited from skilled developers going into startups rather than established tech companies this kind of news would look like the perfect advertising to me—but I'd still want to keep my head down while it was being discussed.
- sounds 13y agoIt looks like pg chimed in after all.