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by sonnyblarney 2788 days ago
"what people here really don't like is the sort of tech entrepreneur who builds themselves a castle in the middle of the city, considers the local population to be "riff-raff" and doesn't respect the communal nature of a city."

What on earth are you talking about?

Who are these magical people who build castles?

And Berlin is not hugely more 'communal' than anywhere else.
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StudentStuff 2788 days ago
Amazon, Google, Facebook. Look at the castles they've built in Seattle, you aren't getting in unless you are an employee or are escorted by an employee. None of those companies need this level of security, and most other businesses you can literally wander into during office hours, but that is generally not the case with these three.
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sonnyblarney 2787 days ago
You are not allowed into any corporate office, in any city - unless you work there.

Every company definitely has security, even small one's, and this has nothing to do with the FANGs.

Try to waltz into the UBS or Deutchebank building and see if you can just wander around.

Most banks have considerably more security than the FANGS and ever since 9/11 many NYC buildings have a ton of security.

You need to get a visitors badge with a photo they take of you on the spot to simply go to a meeting in some towers in the US. You need 15 minutes just to get in.

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StudentStuff 2787 days ago
> You are not allowed into any corporate office, in any city - unless you work there.

Not sure what you've been exposed to, but having wandered many office towers up and down the west coast, vanishingly few have any form of security beyond perhaps a receptionist or a maintenance man who may harass you if requested to do so. Some do have elevators that attempt to enforce access control during certain hours, but this is generally a non-issue in the daytime.

> You need to get a visitors badge with a photo they take of you on the spot to simply go to a meeting in some towers in the US. You need 15 minutes just to get in.

This is an extremely rare request, and complying with it is consistently not worth it in my experience.

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