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If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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bduerst wrote: post #272
samstave wrote: post #188

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I met someone who worked for the kardashians on the show and said they are king, generous and respectful to the staff working their brand. Said that they know full well they are managing a brand and that they are parlaying that as they know it shall run out soon. They said that the mom is the eagle-eye over the brand and pushing it to ensure max profit for them. While i wanted to respect that, and i respect the hustl…

>The dicotomy of the education gap in this nation Or just awareness of how brands are operating now in general. I don't know if it's as dramatic as education. It used to be the brand name/logo/trademark itself held all the value (e.g. Apple, Nike, etc.), except now we're seeing the value shift to how the brands correlate with consumer's identities (e.g. privacy, kaepernick, etc.). Kardashians, political parties, and…

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Post by thousandautumns »

samstave wrote: post #188
ham_sandwich wrote: post #51

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This chart holds only in the sense that the Kardashians play dumb caricatures of themselves. They may cater their brand to the lowest common denominator but they most certainly aren’t dumb themselves. They essentially parlayed Robert Kardashian’s friendship with OJ Simpson into a media empire; there is something to be said for how media savvy they are.

I met someone who worked for the kardashians on the show and said they are king, generous and respectful to the staff working their brand. Said that they know full well they are managing a brand and that they are parlaying that as they know it shall run out soon. They said that the mom is the eagle-eye over the brand and pushing it to ensure max profit for them. While i wanted to respect that, and i respect the hustl…

The education gap is almost certainly caused by the wealth gap

Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by throwawaywhynot »

choot wrote: post #442
smt88 wrote: post #420

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> the Indian guy is the whitest one I've seen What do you mean by that? Can you explain?

> What do you mean by that? Can you explain? Maybe he means culturally

Either way, it's weird, and wrong. Honestly op sounds more racist lol

Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by tru3_power »

holywoly wrote: post #355
snowwrestler wrote: post #63

Amazing anecdote from a 2016 New Yorker article on the show: > During one visit to Google’s headquarters, in Mountain View, about six writers sat in a conference room with Astro Teller, the head of GoogleX, who wore a midi ring and kept his long hair in a ponytail. “Most of our research meetings are fun, but this one was uncomfortable,” Kemper told me.... > “He claimed he hadn’t seen the show, and then he referred ma…

Any shows of the same style on Hollywood? Do the show producers feel something similar to some in their own industry or their surreality is just reality for them? Are they brave enough to mock powerful people they may wish to work with later? Would be fun to watch one on Hollywood and they should have very intimate details to bare.

If you line Seinfield type of humour checkout Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry David staring as Larry David.

Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by beaconstudios »

holywoly wrote: post #355
snowwrestler wrote: post #63

Amazing anecdote from a 2016 New Yorker article on the show: > During one visit to Google’s headquarters, in Mountain View, about six writers sat in a conference room with Astro Teller, the head of GoogleX, who wore a midi ring and kept his long hair in a ponytail. “Most of our research meetings are fun, but this one was uncomfortable,” Kemper told me.... > “He claimed he hadn’t seen the show, and then he referred ma…

Any shows of the same style on Hollywood? Do the show producers feel something similar to some in their own industry or their surreality is just reality for them? Are they brave enough to mock powerful people they may wish to work with later? Would be fun to watch one on Hollywood and they should have very intimate details to bare.

Bojack Horseman does a similar thing for Hollywood. It focuses on the shallowness of Hollywood culture and its effects on the people living in it though, so it swings from hilarious to extremely dark all the time.

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Post by tk75x »

holywoly wrote: post #355
snowwrestler wrote: post #63

Amazing anecdote from a 2016 New Yorker article on the show: > During one visit to Google’s headquarters, in Mountain View, about six writers sat in a conference room with Astro Teller, the head of GoogleX, who wore a midi ring and kept his long hair in a ponytail. “Most of our research meetings are fun, but this one was uncomfortable,” Kemper told me.... > “He claimed he hadn’t seen the show, and then he referred ma…

Any shows of the same style on Hollywood? Do the show producers feel something similar to some in their own industry or their surreality is just reality for them? Are they brave enough to mock powerful people they may wish to work with later? Would be fun to watch one on Hollywood and they should have very intimate details to bare.

Episodes. It's a show about two British writers trying to make their show in Hollywood.

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Post by freeone3000 »

eanzenberg wrote: post #304
screye wrote: post #263

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> NeurIPS That was fast. I was all for a name change from a juvenile pun, but "NeurIPS" is hilariously bad. It confirms, that everyone but the press, continues calling it NIPS. > line to see Flo-Rida went around the block I mean, if it was a free (already paid for) concert, then I would go for it too.

Not just free concert but free food and booze. BTW the whole renaming of NIPS to NeurIPS could be an episode of SV, where a board of directors are all offended by names of body parts!

"So tell me, what's wrong with the Proceedings of Neural Information Systems again?"

Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by _pvxk »

Camillo wrote: post #411
snowwrestler wrote: post #63

Amazing anecdote from a 2016 New Yorker article on the show: > During one visit to Google’s headquarters, in Mountain View, about six writers sat in a conference room with Astro Teller, the head of GoogleX, who wore a midi ring and kept his long hair in a ponytail. “Most of our research meetings are fun, but this one was uncomfortable,” Kemper told me.... > “He claimed he hadn’t seen the show, and then he referred ma…

Hang on a second. Why would there be a badge reader to get _out_ of a conference room? Can anybody who's been at Google HQ confirm the setup?

I remember reading a story about someone who got fired from some Silicon Valley tech job, and they almost immediately revoked their key card, so they got stuck in the staircase and had to wait for someone to hold the door open so they could get out of the building. (As if getting fired wasn't bad enough, you have to beg favours from random passers-by.)

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Post by collinmanderson »

_pvxk wrote: post #458
Camillo wrote: post #411

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Hang on a second. Why would there be a badge reader to get _out_ of a conference room? Can anybody who's been at Google HQ confirm the setup?

I remember reading a story about someone who got fired from some Silicon Valley tech job, and they almost immediately revoked their key card, so they got stuck in the staircase and had to wait for someone to hold the door open so they could get out of the building. (As if getting fired wasn't bad enough, you have to beg favours from random passers-by.)

https://zachholman.com/talk/firing-people

Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

_pvxk wrote: post #458
Camillo wrote: post #411

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hang on a second. Why would there be a badge reader to get _out_ of a conference room? Can anybody who's been at Google HQ confirm the setup?

I remember reading a story about someone who got fired from some Silicon Valley tech job, and they almost immediately revoked their key card, so they got stuck in the staircase and had to wait for someone to hold the door open so they could get out of the building. (As if getting fired wasn't bad enough, you have to beg favours from random passers-by.)

Fire codes demand stairwells always open to the outdoors without obstruction. So this seems fishy?
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