I live in Silicon Valley, and am generally happy with my tiny contribution to the tech space. Even so, I detest the use of "Silicon Valley" as a label for every good or bad thing that Elon Musk (who doesn't live or work in SV) or some other well-known tech person comes up with.
I'd like an article on "The Washington press push to create click-bait" to see what people in Washington say.
I hear you, and I struggle with this exact problem when talking about this stuff. The issue, really, is that "silicon valley" is a convenient shorthand for a certain sort of company that is quite popular in the actual silicon valley. It's true that not all companies that happen to be in the actual silicon valley are "silicon valley" companies in this sense, and it's also true that Musk companies are very much "silicon valley" companies in this context. "Silicon Valley" in this sense is referring more to a kind of culture or philosophy than a geographic location.
But how else to refer to it? I tend to go with "SV-style" companies, but that's really clunky.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44581249
I live in Silicon Valley, and am generally happy with my tiny contribution to the tech space. Even so, I detest the use of "Silicon Valley" as a label for every good or bad thing that Elon Musk (who doesn't live or work in SV) or some other well-known tech person comes up with.
I'd like an article on "The Washington press push to create click-bait" to see what people in Washington say.
I hear you, and I struggle with this exact problem when talking about this stuff. The issue, really, is that "silicon valley" is a convenient shorthand for a certain sort of company that is quite popular in the actual silicon valley. It's true that not all companies that happen to be in the actual silicon valley are "silicon valley" companies in this sense, and it's also true that Musk companies are very much "silicon valley" companies in this context. "Silicon Valley" in this sense is referring more to a kind of culture or philosophy than a geographic location.
But how else to refer to it? I tend to go with "SV-style" companies, but that's really clunky.