Newbies tend to wonder why us aging scenesters don’t give each other the benefit of the doubt, and appear to read the worst interpretations into the actions of others. It isn’t best or worst. It’s just that the clueless idealists don’t survive long enough to become patterns.
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It worries me that newbies are so stoked on the community side. Apparently unaware of its dark side. They gush constantly about the wonderful, brilliant, awesome people they’re meeting and getting to know. The ideas are just currency to them.
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For many it feels like coming “home” after years or decades feeling out of place wherever in the world they came from. With nobody to talk yo in person. It’s a beast feeling of spiritual self-discovery for a lot of people. Every few years there’s a fresh batch.
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I’d even say the primary economy of the tech scene is not tech at all. It’s the economy of cults, subcultures, loose guanxi nets, dealflow intel webs, etc. I call it people mazes because there is a lot of topological variety. What’s common to all the people mazes is the openness.
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All the atomized misfits from the entire world seem to land here and immediately dive into an orgy of self-organized connecting, trying to cram a decade or more of social starvation within months.
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If you actually want to just do interesting technical work outside of very narrow areas, you’re probably better off elsewhere. Come to Tech when you’re done with the actual tech part.
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tldr Idea mazes are undervalued in Tech, people mazes are overvalued
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