I'm struck by the similar tone in Jennifer's statements and those of Shirley Hornstein [1]. I am also struck by the way these folks interact with the rest of the community.
I went to school in LA (Univ. of So. Calif) which has a lot of connections with the movie business (and Hollywood in general). There were lots of people who were desperate to be "part of the action" and were willing to set aside a number of principles in order to achieve that. I thought it was nice that technical people weren't like that.
Then in the dot.com boom we were overrun with MBAs who had decided we were too stupid to pick the money up off the floor. They went around destroying things with rent-seeking monetization models and other schemes to defraud those who didn't understand what they were buying (or being charged for).
Now we have people more like the Hollywood groupies and less like the MBA types. I guess that is a side effect of hiring "rockstars" (har har har) but really? Is this some weird revenge desire of the socialites in high school trying to make up for the fact they shunned nerds in favor of football players or something?
If you had said you could make a Silicon Valley soap opera I would have laughed at you, but apparently you can make one now (except it would be based in San Francisco I suppose). Strange times indeed.
I went to school in LA (Univ. of So. Calif) which has a lot of connections with the movie business (and Hollywood in general). There were lots of people who were desperate to be "part of the action" and were willing to set aside a number of principles in order to achieve that. I thought it was nice that technical people weren't like that.
Then in the dot.com boom we were overrun with MBAs who had decided we were too stupid to pick the money up off the floor. They went around destroying things with rent-seeking monetization models and other schemes to defraud those who didn't understand what they were buying (or being charged for).
Now we have people more like the Hollywood groupies and less like the MBA types. I guess that is a side effect of hiring "rockstars" (har har har) but really? Is this some weird revenge desire of the socialites in high school trying to make up for the fact they shunned nerds in favor of football players or something?
If you had said you could make a Silicon Valley soap opera I would have laughed at you, but apparently you can make one now (except it would be based in San Francisco I suppose). Strange times indeed.
[1] http://shirls.me/post/41790389190/shirley-hornstein-no-more-...