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> Maybe the lifestyle is different as a VC, but as an engineer, this seems so disjointed from reality that it's almost farcical. I can barely get some of my coworkers to stop talking about code for more than a breath

I think you and most of us on here fall within "the vast majority" referenced in the article:

"Still, the vast majority of people in Silicon Valley have no idea these kinds of sex parties are happening at all"

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I think the thing that rubs me the wrong way is the article still feels like it's implying that it is common at the uppermost levels, but I suspect it's a very very small fraction of that very very small pie.

Then again, I don't know what I don't know.

I was at a party with a mid tier VC partner as he described a hotel off sandhill where there was a set night of the week where the women at the bar were all prostitutes. You'd buy one a necklace at the jewelry shop around the corner, give her the jewelry and receipt, and take her up to your room. Afterwards she'd return it for cash (minus a small "restocking" fee).

He seemed bewildered by the whole scene, but was very matter of fact about it/I don't think he was bullshitting. This stuff is definitely happening in a regular and organized way, albeit well above my pay grade.

Ah yes, the Rosewood Cougar Night: https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/09/07/bogus-report-of-ventu...

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