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by SideburnsOfDoom 382 days ago
> It took so little, too: good (but not great) salaries, mediocre tech, and a small amount of fearmongering.

IDK, I think a major motivator was the "American dream", stories of the few who though talent, hard work, being at the right place and the right time, and a lot of sheer dumb luck, got immensely rich.

"the hackers see themselves not as exploited office workers but as temporarily embarrassed billionaire start-up founders." to paraphrase Steinbeck.