Re:Seattle once again nation’s fastest-growing big city; pop...
by icelancer on Friday November 17, 2017 @04:29PM
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>>Nobody will talk with me.
Strongly consider that this is not a problem in tech, but an individual one. I put in years at Microsoft, Amazon, and the dreaded startup row in Pioneer Square. I have a diverse group of friends from tech to retail, I watch football weekly with random people, have no problems striking up conversations at bars, etc.
Most of the complaints I hear like yours are eminently traceable to individual personalities that are overrepresented in tech, not people in general.
Strongly consider that this is not a problem in tech, but an individual one. I put in years at Microsoft, Amazon, and the dreaded startup row in Pioneer Square. I have a diverse group of friends from tech to retail, I watch football weekly with random people, have no problems striking up conversations at bars, etc.
Most of the complaints I hear like yours are eminently traceable to individual personalities that are overrepresented in tech, not people in general.