In his fun-to-read article (with a very serious message) Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) is hoping for the return of the better times in Silicon Valley. He compares the current situation there with the events that took place just before the bubble broke back in late nineties. “Times are good, money is flowing, and Silicon Valley sucks”, he states with a sense of cynical humor.
I left Silicon Valley at the peak of the insanity last time around, and I was pleasantly surprised when I returned in 2005 to see so much goodwill and community surrounding innovation. Now, it’s just like the old days again, and Silicon Valley is no longer any fun. In fact, it’s turned downright nasty. It may be time for some of use to leave for a while and watch the craziness from the outside again. In a few years, things will be beautiful again. The big money will be slumbering away, and the marketing departments will be a distant memory. We can focus, once again, on the technology. And the burgers and beer.
The need to actually dodge for VC’s must be a strange experience. Remembers me of the column by Edo van Santen on Sprout (in Dutch). He signals the same situation here in The Netherlands. Guess we have a bubble in the making…
