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May 3 2012

the secret guild of silicon valley

The #hipster conundrum.

medriscoll:

The governors of the guild of St. Luke, Jan de Bray

A couple of weeks ago, I was drinking beer in San Francisco with friends when someone quipped:

“You have too many hipsters, you won’t scale like that. Hire some fat guys who know C++.” 

It’s funny, but it got me thinking.  Who are the “fat guys who know C++”, or as someone else put it, “the guys with neckbeards, who keep Google’s servers running”? And why is it that if you encounter one, it’s like pulling on a thread, and they all seem to know each other?

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    The #hipster conundrum.
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    A good read about those making things happen and succeed in Silicon Valley.
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