> ...being a Jerk is kind of a must have to move forward. If you are a software engineer at a SF startup, not so much At least in the companies I've worked at

> ...being a Jerk is kind of a must have to move forward. If you are a software engineer at a SF startup, not so much At least in the companies I've worked at (outside SF), if you don't step up you will just be taken advantage of and put on the sidelines. Want to be lead on the new project coming up? Don't want your boss to expect you to work this weekend? Unless SF is full of hippies in charge, it's going to be exactly the same there.