Comments on: The New York tech scene http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=1160 art, life, philosophy, architecture, literature, film, performance, and other stuff Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:12:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: synthetic zero archive http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=1160#comment-967 synthetic zero archive Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:15:15 +0000 http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=1160#comment-967 [...] It is happening here, of course, already, and it is a trend I hope only accelerates (as I noted in another post). permalink | [...] [...] It is happening here, of course, already, and it is a trend I hope only accelerates (as I noted in another post). permalink | [...]

]]> By: Magda http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=1160#comment-952 Magda Sat, 07 Aug 2010 11:20:34 +0000 http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=1160#comment-952 This makes me want to go to California/West Coast in a much stronger way than ever before. Thank you. This makes me want to go to California/West Coast in a much stronger way than ever before.

Thank you.

]]> By: mitsu http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=1160#comment-947 mitsu Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:11:13 +0000 http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=1160#comment-947 Well, for better or worse, I don't think you're going to lose your bet --- but that doesn't mean New York is as bleak as I think you might make it out to be. I mean, I grew up on the West Coast, I certainly know exactly what you mean. It feels new, it feels alive, growing, active (not only the Bay Area). But the fact is, things tend to slosh around the country; ideas, culture, etc., it moves along with the people. There are lots of people moving to New York from the West, bringing that same energy and enthusiasm. When I first moved here eight years ago there were a lot of ideas, ways of doing things, etc., that were clearly new to a lot of folks I met here --- but that's not the case any longer. I no longer have to explain flat, horizontal management to folks, at least much less so than I did when I first moved here. People get it. Even in the financial services industry, there's a growing awareness that they aren't at the pinnacle of society, that the tech industry and the way things are done on the West Coast in fact generates things, builds things, in a way the financial services industry doesn't. Sure, the culture of the Sunday Styles wedding section is still alive and well, but I'm just saying the alternative is growing at a shockingly fast rate. If you just come to visit a NY Tech Meetup you'd see what I mean. The energy is vibrant, electric; the last one I went to in July was huge, packed. Not a sclerotic suit anywhere to be seen. It's still not the size of the Bay Area tech scene and probably never will be, but it is real and larger than you'd think. Well, for better or worse, I don’t think you’re going to lose your bet — but that doesn’t mean New York is as bleak as I think you might make it out to be. I mean, I grew up on the West Coast, I certainly know exactly what you mean. It feels new, it feels alive, growing, active (not only the Bay Area). But the fact is, things tend to slosh around the country; ideas, culture, etc., it moves along with the people. There are lots of people moving to New York from the West, bringing that same energy and enthusiasm. When I first moved here eight years ago there were a lot of ideas, ways of doing things, etc., that were clearly new to a lot of folks I met here — but that’s not the case any longer. I no longer have to explain flat, horizontal management to folks, at least much less so than I did when I first moved here. People get it. Even in the financial services industry, there’s a growing awareness that they aren’t at the pinnacle of society, that the tech industry and the way things are done on the West Coast in fact generates things, builds things, in a way the financial services industry doesn’t. Sure, the culture of the Sunday Styles wedding section is still alive and well, but I’m just saying the alternative is growing at a shockingly fast rate.

If you just come to visit a NY Tech Meetup you’d see what I mean. The energy is vibrant, electric; the last one I went to in July was huge, packed. Not a sclerotic suit anywhere to be seen. It’s still not the size of the Bay Area tech scene and probably never will be, but it is real and larger than you’d think.

]]> By: Antonio http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=1160#comment-946 Antonio Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:57:53 +0000 http://www.syntheticzero.com/?p=1160#comment-946 Thanks for responding. I actually miss New York as well. My post is actually a love letter to New York, in a tough love sort of way. At heart though, California has this Brave New World property to it (i.e. filled with ambitious arrivistes with big ideas) that New York maybe lost three generations of immigrants ago. I secretly hope I lose my bet so I can move back.... Thanks for responding.

I actually miss New York as well. My post is actually a love letter to New York, in a tough love sort of way.

At heart though, California has this Brave New World property to it (i.e. filled with ambitious arrivistes with big ideas) that New York maybe lost three generations of immigrants ago.

I secretly hope I lose my bet so I can move back….

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