Oh, Joy. Another Piece About Silicon Valley

Right, so some podcast called “Uncanny Valley” decided to poke around and see if Silicon Valley is still the tech capital of the world. Apparently, a bunch of people are leaving because it’s become… expensive? Shocking. Truly groundbreaking journalism here.

The gist? Yeah, it’s still *a* hub, but everyone’s scattering to places like Miami and Austin – anywhere with slightly less insane housing costs and maybe a few actual human beings who aren’t obsessed with “disruption.” Lots of whining about how the ‘vibe’ is gone. The vibe! Like that wasn’t inevitable when you turn a place into a playground for venture capitalists chasing unicorns farting rainbows.

They talk to some ex-Valley types, predictably enough, who are now building… stuff elsewhere. Remote work gets blamed (as if *that’s* the problem and not the fact that a studio apartment costs more than my entire server farm). And there’s hand-wringing about whether innovation will suffer because people aren’t crammed into open-plan offices anymore. Honestly, I suspect innovation peaked when they stopped letting reasonable people near the funding.

The conclusion? Silicon Valley is… evolving. Which is corporate speak for “we’re not sure if it’s still special and we need to write a think piece about it.” It’s all very dramatic, I assure you. Mostly just annoying.

Look, I once had to debug a system that was entirely dependent on the ‘positive energy’ of its developers. Positive energy! It crashed every Tuesday because Brenda from marketing brought in stale donuts. Silicon Valley is basically that, but with billions of dollars and way more self-importance.

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Source: Wired – Uncanny Valley Podcast