[dglassan]

Not everyone in Silicon Valley is a douche like you seem to believe here. Just because someone lives there doesn't automatically make them a part of the culture or 'detached and not personal', so I don't understand why you're generalizing here.

I've lived in the Bay area most of my life. I grew up in Silicon Valley and I'm living in SF now. Frankly, I've never seen this startup culture everyone talks about because I've chosen not to be a part of it. I've never been to a launch party, never been to a tech meetup, never been to a hackathon or these hackerspaces. Sure, I agree with you that the startup space is filled with douches and that's why I don't hang around those people. But that's a fraction of all the people living in Silicon Valley.

Have you even been to Silicon Valley before? Or even the Bay area in general? It's a huge place with lots of people. Your assumption is like me saying "Dallas can suck it because I don't like cowboys." It's a terrible argument.

In the future, please don't submit content to your own blog with link bait titles, thanks.

[efa]

I don't think he means the literal geographic area, but the VCs and startup folks that most people think of when saying "Silicon Valley". I don't consider this title misleading. I didn't think for one moment he was talking about the firemen/teachers/doctors of the Silicon Valley.

[timothybsmith]

Thank you. You've got it right :)