For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins • Hacker News Board

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by AlexB138 » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 2:13 AM UTC

robryan wrote: post #8

The office environment in the picture looks terrible. Not only is it open plan but there seems to be barely enough room to setup a couple of screens and a laptop.

Agreed, it looks absolutely miserable. I would really like to see an end to the era of open work spaces, or at least shared desks. Is anyone aware of a study comparing the productivity of developers in these types environments to ones that provide a little privacy?

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by foxly » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 2:13 AM UTC

Please stop posting paywalled articles on Hacker News.

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by xur17 » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 2:15 AM UTC

dpflan wrote: post #7

jwcrux wrote: post #2

If only there were a way to bypass that paywall.

Try the 'web' link right under the HN title to perform a Google search for the article. The 'web' link resolves to: https://www.google.com/search?q=For%20Silicon%20Valley%2C%20...

This used to work for me, but no longer does:

http://digiday.com/publishers/wall-street-journal-paywall-go...

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by hanapbuhay » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 2:22 AM UTC

xur17 wrote: post #13

dpflan wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try the 'web' link right under the HN title to perform a Google search for the article. The 'web' link resolves to: https://www.google.com/search?q=For%20Silicon%20Valley%2C%20...

This used to work for me, but no longer does: http://digiday.com/publishers/wall-street-journal-paywall-go...

Manually adding the link into Instapaper worked for me.

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by skewart » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 2:24 AM UTC

Is it just me or does it seem like a lot of media outlets really, really want to see a big tech downturn? I want to say to the collective writers ofthe WSJ, the NYT, and everyone else, "stop trying to make a bubble happen, it's not going to happen."

I get that a bursting bubble would be dramatic, and would make for lots of compelling stories. But there are plenty of other exciting and interesting things going on in tech these days! There's no shortage of dramatic tales that aren't quite as simple as "those crazy Californians are finally getting their due!"

I mean, I get it. Journalists gonna journal. But still.

Anyways, sorry for the rant. Please continue reading the comments as you were.

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by ryguytilidie » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 2:24 AM UTC

dpflan wrote: post #7

jwcrux wrote: post #2

If only there were a way to bypass that paywall.

Try the 'web' link right under the HN title to perform a Google search for the article. The 'web' link resolves to: https://www.google.com/search?q=For%20Silicon%20Valley%2C%20...

Didn't work for me.

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by askafriend » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 2:28 AM UTC

robryan wrote: post #8

The office environment in the picture looks terrible. Not only is it open plan but there seems to be barely enough room to setup a couple of screens and a laptop.

Absolutely, there is a way to do "open floorplans" right, and that right there is not it. Bigger desks and even some spacing away from neighbors is critical. The style of open floorplan in that picture seems more suited for a call center.

(please please HN, let's not turn this into another open floorplan vs office discussion)

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by cat-dev-null » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 2:28 AM UTC

foxly wrote: post #12

Please stop posting paywalled articles on Hacker News.

Amen to that.

Edit: Plus, this sort of hysterical article is bunk because there's metric ftons of angel money which renders VC/IB money, sovereign wealth and public IPO moot.

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by beatpanda » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 2:28 AM UTC

skewart wrote: post #15

Is it just me or does it seem like a lot of media outlets really, really want to see a big tech downturn? I want to say to the collective writers ofthe WSJ, the NYT, and everyone else, "stop trying to make a bubble happen, it's not going to happen." I get that a bursting bubble would be dramatic, and would make for lots of compelling stories. But there are plenty of other exciting and interesting things going on in t…

Journalists report on things that are happening. People resist this idea like nothing else in the universe, but really, it's true. There are objective data to support the conclusion of a slowdown in the tech industry. I'm sorry if this upsets you.

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by ethanbond » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 2:29 AM UTC

skewart wrote: post #15

Is it just me or does it seem like a lot of media outlets really, really want to see a big tech downturn? I want to say to the collective writers ofthe WSJ, the NYT, and everyone else, "stop trying to make a bubble happen, it's not going to happen." I get that a bursting bubble would be dramatic, and would make for lots of compelling stories. But there are plenty of other exciting and interesting things going on in t…

Is it really that unbelievable that people are getting concerned with totally, for example, a gif image platform getting valuations in the hundreds of millions range?