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Comment by deadmetheny | Hacker News Reader

I live in the Midwest - it's absolutely Valley people convinced the tech world outside the Valley is either the same, or cavemen banging on C64s. Age isn't a detriment here, but you do have to be willing to work for established companies that don't operate on hipster frameworks.

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> you do have to be willing to work for established companies that don't operate on hipster frameworks.

Well, one man's established company and non-hipster framework is another man's cave and commodore 64.

I've personally experienced a glaring cultural and technical difference between work environments in the SF/Seattle areas and ones in other technology hotspots - even within the same company.

> I've personally experienced a glaring cultural and technical difference between work environments in the SF/Seattle areas and ones in other technology hotspots

I'd be interested to hear about these if you had the time.

On the other hand those jobs generally pay poorly and come with extremely diminished job opportunities, room to learn and apply new things, and are in areas that are more conservative and frequently actively hostile to differences. Outside the valley isn't a wasteland but it's also not really comparable.

how much advancement do you think you'll want in your 50s? also I think it's funny that you mention intolerancia to differences in a thread about svs ageism

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