I knew there was a reason i liked hanging out in the staging server room that happened to be on my floor, installing and reinstalling XCP or whatever other things i wanted to test out.
"Aren't you the cloud guy?" they'd inquire, after looking for me and not finding me anywhere obvious.
> What happened to all the grumpy computer nerds that basically hate people and/or can barely talk to another human?
We're sure as hell not working in Silicon Valley. It's Extrovert Central down there. It's like the guys who beat us up in high school learned JavaScript and took over the whole tech industry.
There's way too many normal people and it makes me feel like an outcast for actually enjoying technology and hating schmoozing.