Ambitious teenagers are flooding into San Francisco

Re:Ambitious teenagers are flooding into San Francisco by sebular on Thursday May 14, 2015 @02:14PM (#9546623)

"...he rebuilt Yo's backend. He's baller."

That might be the most cringey opening quote I've ever read for an article. Straight out of Silicon Valley (the show). The only explanation I can come up with is that the reporter knows nothing about tech and the kid was trolling her.

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Re:Ambitious teenagers are flooding into San Francisco by oldmanjay on Thursday May 14, 2015 @02:24PM (#9546678)

I would bet that "cringey" and "teen" have gone together since the beginning of teenagerhood

Edit: better english

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Re:Ambitious teenagers are flooding into San Francisco by kra34 on Thursday May 14, 2015 @03:37PM (#9547102)

"...he rebuilt Yo's backend. He's baller."

I wonder what he did with the other 23.5 hours that day...

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Re:Ambitious teenagers are flooding into San Francisco by jacksonfall on Thursday May 14, 2015 @04:30PM (#9547400)

#SHOTSFIRED

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Re:Ambitious teenagers are flooding into San Francisco by muglug on Thursday May 14, 2015 @02:52PM (#9546855)

Perhaps the 19-year-old, like many 19-year-olds, doesn't have much in the way of self-awareness.

The reporter (Nellie Bowles) has been covering Silicon Valley for a number of years, most recently for Recode (she wrote a great series of articles about Zappos' attempt to revitalise Las Vegas). She knows whereof she speaks.

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Re:Ambitious teenagers are flooding into San Francisco by sliverstorm on Thursday May 14, 2015 @04:34PM (#9547427)

Speaking of the show, I have a new appreciation for the Bro app it features.

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Re:Ambitious teenagers are flooding into San Francisco by edgyswingset on Thursday May 14, 2015 @02:18PM (#9546639)

> Straight out of Silicon Valley (the show)

What's great is that the show doesn't need to make anything up. I'm not surprised if teens in the area speak like that.

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Re:Ambitious teenagers are flooding into San Francisco by jacksonfall on Thursday May 14, 2015 @04:34PM (#9547426)

This is, by far and away, the most accurate representation of our day to day life. A lot of people featured in the article aren't taking to well to it either, but for pretty obvious reasons.

Personally, I think this kind of transparency is necessary. We might live in a fairy tale, but there are truths to be found in the harsher realities.

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