Main difference tween Silicon Valley and Wall Street as far as I can tell is on Wall Street, you need a frat brother with an older brother w connections at Goldman.
I think the Hollywood model of nepotism and blowjobs is pretty unique though. Or maybe I just think that because Tech, finance and government don't have quite so many desperate-to-succeed women whose main qualification is looks.
I had the impression genuine nerds -- as in, people with actual technical skills -- could get further in SF/Silicon Valley than they could in "social skills" places like LA, DC, and NYC, but it is entirely possible this is an idea that has been implanted in my brain by mass media.
Main difference tween Silicon Valley and Wall Street as far as I can tell is on Wall Street, you need a frat brother with an older brother w connections at Goldman.
Silicon Valley, you don't.
That is certainly A difference between Wall Street and Silicon Vally...
But both are filled with idiots that mistake financial success with luck. They don't care that the game is rigged and that they added zero value...
Piketty: OK I should have said the main difference pertinent to the thread. I sit corrected.
Let's not even get started on DC.
DC = Hollywood.... Grifters with ego's = Success
DC = LA and NY = SF
I think the Hollywood model of nepotism and blowjobs is pretty unique though. Or maybe I just think that because Tech, finance and government don't have quite so many desperate-to-succeed women whose main qualification is looks.
I had the impression genuine nerds -- as in, people with actual technical skills -- could get further in SF/Silicon Valley than they could in "social skills" places like LA, DC, and NYC, but it is entirely possible this is an idea that has been implanted in my brain by mass media.
Last I checked quants get paid pretty well.
LOL