A data center team has a hard job and almost everyone tries to recruit what they think are the best. What my friends and I have been noticing is how some of the data center teams have been tipping towards an arrogance of thinking they know more than others. Curious I ran a Google search on “technical arrogance technology” and the following are 5 articles, all about silicon valley’s arrogance pop up.
Silicon Valley Tech Entrepreneurs: Behind the Stereotype ...
www.businessweek.com/.../silicon-valley-tech-e...Bloomberg BusinessweekAug 7, 2014 - The tech industry's elite have a reputation for arrogance. Do they deserve it?Silicon Valley Needs to Lose the Arrogance or Risk ... - Wired
www.wired.com/2014/02/silicon-valley-backlash/WiredFeb 6, 2014 - Unlike any other industry, tech relies on not merely trust but faith that a leap into the unknown will be rewarded. That's why the recent arrogance ...Silicon Valley Has an Arrogance Problem - WSJ
online.wsj.com/.../SB1000142405270230366140...The Wall Street JournalNov 3, 2013 - According to Mr. Srinivasan, who co-founded a successful genetics startup and is now a popular lecturer at Stanford University, the tech ...Enough is enough, Silicon Valley must end its elitism and ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../enough-is-enough-sili...The Washington PostJan 27, 2014 - Tom Perkins's controversial remarks ignited a firestorm, proving that thetech industry's arrogance must end.Silicon Valley Arrogance Bubble - Business Insider
www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-arrogance-bubbl...Business InsiderDec 15, 2013 - There has been a rash of tech execs who appear to have interpreted their ... Silicon Valley Is Living Inside A Bubble Of Tone-Deaf Arrogance.
Why is arrogance bad? Check out this article.
“Arrogant people are more
than willing to take credit for
their successes, but not their failures,”Silverman notes. “They
get angry when their ideas are
criticized, and they tend to put
their personal agendas ahead of
organizational objectives.”