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At first I kind of rolled my eyes when I heard this show was coming out -- I was pretty certain I could fully predict most of the jokes that would be used for a

At first I kind of rolled my eyes when I heard this show was coming out -- I was pretty certain I could fully predict most of the jokes that would be used for a cheap laugh. But I like the characters, and the plot is pretty fun - it's a show that's easy to watch and enjoy for those of us that don't take much too seriously.

wellactually 13y ago
And it's making the world a better place.
- hablahaha 13y ago
  ...by constructing elegant hierarchies for maximum code reuse and extensibility!
  - sharkweek 13y ago
    they made something someone wants!!
- w1ntermute 13y ago
  Erlich's "vision quest" was perfectly juxtaposed with Peter Gregory's subplot about Indonesian sesame seed futures.
- deleted 13y ago
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tdaltonc 13y ago
I had the exact same experience. I was expecting it to be another 'Big Bang Theory.' But I genuinely enjoy it. It's not the dumb kids making fun of the smart kids. It's the smart kids making fun of themselves.
the_watcher 13y ago
Yea, it's (so far) perfectly straddled the line of parody and hitting almost uncomfortably close to home for me. I've really enjoyed it.
philangist 13y ago
It's definitely gotten me to laugh a few times. Check out this scene, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-OQhot_ml0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-OQhot_ml0 and if you like it, you'll like the show. If not then it's probably not for you. Also Silicon Valley has got by far the most accurate technical jargon of any show I've ever seen. Now it's not perfect, but I'm glad to see a show about developers that doesn't have random text scrolling down screens and bullshit 'hacking' going on while EDM plays in the background. My biggest complaint with the show is that it still presents all software developers as socially awkward imbeciles who can't talk to a girl or stand up for themselves. But there is some truth in that statement.
- caseysoftware 13y ago
  That strikes me as a geek version of Jack Nicholson's monologue in A Few Good Men. "You can't handle the truth!"
  - thwarted 13y ago
    "You want me on that firewall. You need me on that firewall. Son, we live in a world with networks and those networks are guarded by people with packet filters."
- taternuts 13y ago
  > "My biggest complaint with the show is that it still presents all software developers as socially awkward imbeciles who can't talk to a girl or stand up for themselves." They do have the `bullies` at their office who are also engineers and definitely fit the `cool kid` stereotype. I think they purposefully want to position the protagonists as being walked on and socially inept even within a group already considered to be socially inept by the general public.

wellactually 13y ago

And it's making the world a better place.

hablahaha 13y ago
...by constructing elegant hierarchies for maximum code reuse and extensibility!
- sharkweek 13y ago
  they made something someone wants!!
w1ntermute 13y ago
Erlich's "vision quest" was perfectly juxtaposed with Peter Gregory's subplot about Indonesian sesame seed futures.
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tdaltonc 13y ago

I had the exact same experience. I was expecting it to be another 'Big Bang Theory.' But I genuinely enjoy it. It's not the dumb kids making fun of the smart kids. It's the smart kids making fun of themselves.

the_watcher 13y ago

Yea, it's (so far) perfectly straddled the line of parody and hitting almost uncomfortably close to home for me. I've really enjoyed it.

philangist 13y ago

It's definitely gotten me to laugh a few times. Check out this scene, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-OQhot_ml0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-OQhot_ml0 and if you like it, you'll like the show. If not then it's probably not for you. Also Silicon Valley has got by far the most accurate technical jargon of any show I've ever seen. Now it's not perfect, but I'm glad to see a show about developers that doesn't have random text scrolling down screens and bullshit 'hacking' going on while EDM plays in the background. My biggest complaint with the show is that it still presents all software developers as socially awkward imbeciles who can't talk to a girl or stand up for themselves. But there is some truth in that statement.

caseysoftware 13y ago
That strikes me as a geek version of Jack Nicholson's monologue in A Few Good Men. "You can't handle the truth!"
- thwarted 13y ago
  "You want me on that firewall. You need me on that firewall. Son, we live in a world with networks and those networks are guarded by people with packet filters."
taternuts 13y ago
> "My biggest complaint with the show is that it still presents all software developers as socially awkward imbeciles who can't talk to a girl or stand up for themselves." They do have the `bullies` at their office who are also engineers and definitely fit the `cool kid` stereotype. I think they purposefully want to position the protagonists as being walked on and socially inept even within a group already considered to be socially inept by the general public.