Shaun Maguire on why he left Silicon Valley: 'the most extreme groupthink on the planet'
beffjezos · x · 2026-10-01
- Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire posted that he left Silicon Valley 6 years ago because it's 'a monoculture' with 'the most extreme groupthink of any place on the planet': at dinner parties everyone is in tech, so they stack-rank each other in a totally ordered set ($100B founder > $50B founder > tier-1 VC partner > hired CEO...).
- Beff Jezos (e/acc figurehead) replied 'Amen.' The thread resonates as commentary on Bay Area tech status culture.
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