Sequoia's Shaun Maguire explains why he left Silicon Valley six years ago: extreme groupthink
shaunmmaguire · x · 2026-10-01
Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire posted a long thread on why he left Silicon Valley six years ago: he calls it a monoculture with "the most extreme group think of any place on the planet," where dinner parties rank everyone in a total order (founder of a $100B company > $50B founder > tier-1 VC managing partner > hired CEO > ...) and people are afraid to speak truth to power. He urges people to reject the hierarchy, stay weird, think independently, and be honest with themselves.
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