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13429221, Startup culture
Posted by MEAT, Tue Apr-06-21 03:15 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T09Sa7jQY38&feature=youtu.be
That said, I'd take that sweet Saudi money in a heartbeat.
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13429222, mother. fucking. white. Suh-Pre-Muh-See
Posted by double negative, Tue Apr-06-21 03:26 PM
*sigh*
i can't explain why...but its just a thought that I'm not yet able to articulate, but in this moment in 2021, when I look at those spaces (of which I have worked), I just think of white supremacy/exclusionary tactics/paternalism and a buncha other icky shit.
I'll be able to articulate why I'm thinking this in few days after thinking about it. It's not tech or startups specifically either...
what the fuck is it?
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13429223, its good ol boy energy w/ a new coat of paint
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Tue Apr-06-21 03:28 PM
IPAs and craft beer instead of moonshine
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13429225, ^^. Flip flops instead of boots.
Posted by Cold Truth, Tue Apr-06-21 03:38 PM
Same people, same general mindset, different ingredients.
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13429238, Don't forget...
Posted by double 0, Tue Apr-06-21 08:26 PM
the Hubris of 80s Wall Street with this Manifest Destiny idea that everything they think of is meant to change the world.
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13429256, This is definitely a big part of it.
Posted by double negative, Wed Apr-07-21 09:55 AM
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13429281, RE: This is definitely a big part of it.
Posted by double 0, Wed Apr-07-21 11:35 AM
I get it...
I grew up in it. I was at UPenn from 97-01. EVERYTHING we learned was "Say you know things you don't know and buy the book later". This was specific to interviews but it permeated the culture of the school.
Every time someone would come to talk to us it would be a CEO of a gen 1 dot com that was trying to change the world. Even after the 1st dot com crash most of those folks just reinvented themselves as VCs or figured out new companies.
By the time you get to Zuckerberg's generation, you are already in a fully formed eco-system and schools that begin catering to the mindset (esp. Stanford)
When I watch the Fyre fest doc, I am reminded that there is a VERY thin line between that guy and most start-up founders.
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13429226, All that stuff just indicates that you're never going home
Posted by PimpTrickGangstaClik, Tue Apr-06-21 03:46 PM
Why go home, there's food here.
Why go home, you can play some ping pong here.
Why go home, you can have a beer here
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13429228, God damn that video is triggering. n/m
Posted by Nopayne, Tue Apr-06-21 04:06 PM
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13429233, No one ever uses the game rooms and bars
Posted by GOMEZ, Tue Apr-06-21 05:23 PM
they're pretty much only there so that nerds can make these videos.
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13429237, first month its used...
Posted by legsdiamond, Tue Apr-06-21 08:05 PM
and then the managers and bosses walk around looking at you like “the fuck is you doing? Get back to work”
We have an Xbox and playstation in our break room. I have never seen anyone use it and these people love their video games.
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13429239, fax nm
Posted by vik, Tue Apr-06-21 11:24 PM
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13429241, My experience was different
Posted by Nopayne, Wed Apr-07-21 12:37 AM
Most of the places I worked at in the 2010's made heavy, heavy use of the bars. It definitely took a few years off my life.
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13429247, so inticing..
Posted by jimi, Wed Apr-07-21 07:37 AM
ugh
@silentintellect
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