The echo chamber effect is overblown. If you spend too much time on Mashable and TechCrunch it will seem like everyone is building the same thing. It will seem even more like an echo chamber if you go to all the "events" because the only people going to those events are involved with desperate me-too startups. However it is the only area in the USA I know of where there are hundreds of thousands of people working successfully on all kinds of interesting tech things, all in one place. Web 1.0, Web 2.0, virtualization, iphones, robots, electric cars, green tech, biotech, animated movies and special effects, microfinance, and so forth. The great thing about it is if you get bored working on Web 2.0 you can go work on something radically different and find a couple dozen people already doing it or willing to help out. Personally, I've been able to work on bioinformatics, tech art installations, robots, desktop software, web software and mobile phones, none of which required a change in address.
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The echo chamber effect is overblown. If you spend too much time on Mashable and TechCrunch it will seem like everyone is building the same thing. It will seem even more like an echo chamber if you go to all the "events" because the only people going to those events are involved with desperate me-too startups. However it is the only area in the USA I know of where there are hundreds of thousands of people working successfully on all kinds of interesting tech things, all in one place. Web 1.0, Web 2.0, virtualization, iphones, robots, electric cars, green tech, biotech, animated movies and special effects, microfinance, and so forth. The great thing about it is if you get bored working on Web 2.0 you can go work on something radically different and find a couple dozen people already doing it or willing to help out. Personally, I've been able to work on bioinformatics, tech art installations, robots, desktop software, web software and mobile phones, none of which required a change in address.