Feels like the energy I’m sensitive to and tend to seek out has moved elsewhere. Not sure where. Tech scene has a very different energy now than 2009-15 when I was most actively in it (I passed through the core of it but was never quite part of it... kinda like a neutrino tour)
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Most of my gigs these days are more sustainability than Tech I‘d say. But that doesn’t have a scene around it or a geographic soul. It’s all over the place. Everybody does not know everybody. And it’s bigger/more varied since it’s broader technically and more labor intensive.
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Some of the interesting energy from Tech has in fact moved to sustainability but only a fraction, and very diffused over a vaster microeconomic base.
I’d say SV has actually swing more anti-woke than woke, but either way, that’s not the reason. twitter.com/aparanjape/sta
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I’m fine with it. I’m mostly a nomad and have never spent more than 5-6 years in a scene. I suspect I’m typical. More people pass through tech than stay. You have to strike it rich to stay, and I didn’t enter any of the lotteries. twitter.com/ol_wall/status
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You don't necessarily have to strike it rich to stay, though I do agree that a lot of people pass through at all levels. I tend to think there's a lot to be said for long careers in tech (talking about being an employee not an investor). It's perfectly fine to cash the paycheque.
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Yeah but lifers are a fraction. It’s fine to do but many don’t actually make the cut even for that. It’s a pretty brutal career track.
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Nobody chooses that. Everybody would *like* a long career at Google ending with a VP title. There just isn’t that much room there.

