“As a young designer explained to me bluntly: "Everyone upstairs is dumb," referring to the floor above the engineering lair at the 156 University office where customer support, administrators and salespeople sat. My first impulse was to laugh at his ridiculous, blithe dismissiveness, until I realized that it wasn't very funny.” FirstsYoungSupportLaughingOfficeUniversityCustomersI RealizedRidiculousDumbImpulseSatDesignerEngineeringReferringUpstairsAdministratorsSalespeopleCustomer SupportBlithe Book:The Boy Kings: A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network Source: The Boy Kings: A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network
“In the ideology of the new Silicon Valley, work was for the owned. Play was for the owners. There was a fundamental capitalism at work: While they abhorred the idea of being a wage slave, the young men of Silicon Valley were not trying to tear down the capitalist system. They were trying to become its new masters.” MenTryingIdeasPlayYoungTearsMastersCapitalismFundamentalsSlaveIdeologyYoung ManOwnersValleysCapitalistSiliconSilicon ValleyWage Slaves Book:The Boy Kings: A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network Source: The Boy Kings: A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network
