Everyone has their idea of what goes down in Silicon Valley [1] and other start-up hubs. But only those who work in tech really get the people who work there — you know, the guy who dropped out of school to start his own company, the brogrammer, or the lone girl who stands out (ladies, let's change that [2]!). Even if you don't recognize these people, consider this your introduction.
Source: HBO [3]
The Person Who's Only There For the Free Food and Booze
The CEO Who's Convinced His App Is Going to Change the World
The Start-Up Ninja Who Doesn't Talk — Because Stealth Mode
The State School Alumni Who Works Harder Than the Ivy Leaguer
The College Dropout Who's Damn Proud of It
The Guy Who Mentions His Start-Up Idea at Happy Hour but Makes You Swear Not to Tell Anyone
The Jaded Soul Who's Ready to Do Something Else
The Girl Who Used to Work For Corporate America and Never Takes Anything For Granted
The "Entrepreneur" Who's Really Just Unemployed
The Quintessential Brogrammer
The Person Whose First Company Was Bought Out by Google
The Intern Who Does Her Job Better Than Everyone Else
The Know-It-All Whose Last Start-Up Failed, but He Thinks He's Better Than Everyone
The Unicorn (aka Minority Female Developer)
The Pep Talker Who Never Lets You Down
The Girl Who Can't Code but Goes to Hackathons to Meet Potential Husbands
The Non-Coder Who Insists His Job Is More Important
The Introvert Who Mumbles in Person but Sends Long IMs and Emails
The Person Who Dresses Strictly in Free Swag
The Person Who Name Drops at Every Chance and Pretends to Be Friends With All the CEOs
The Guy Who Only Got the Job Because He Went to College With the Founder
The Start-Up Groupie Who Is Way Too Enthusiastic About Everything the Company Is Doing
The Person Who Looks Like He's Headed to a Music Festival After Work
Source: Youtube user Nacho Punch [4]
And Lastly, the IT Guy Who Refuses to Give You a New Computer Even Though Yours Is Fried
But please?
Source: BBC [5]