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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]That isn't to say students aren't highly motivated but there is less of a cutthroat directly competitive culture that is more prevalent in the Ivies/Northeast generally. [/quote]

Eh, I think this is overrated.  The bay area and especially sillicon valley has a ton of hyper competitive type A types who have a veneer of being chill on top of their intensity.  The less competitive culture isn't real--it's just you have to pretend to be chill on top of being on your A game.  In some ways, just being openly intense is less tiresome because it's less that you have to fake.  The Stanford grads I know are plenty cutthroat.[/quote]

Agree Stanford grads are highly competitive and but are more "chill".  Disagree about it being fake.  There is a difference between being focused on winning the game vs beating the other person.  This is a big generalization and certainly there are many examples that prove the opposite but I think entrepreneurs tend to have a vision they are aiming for / want to build something that lasts.  Sure they want to make a buck too but it's a different mentality than the hedge funders who are just trying to make a buck off of someone or the investment bankers who are just trying to get a deal closed.  No question the tech scene in SF is competitive and "annoying" but that game is still less "cutthroat" than Wall Street.[/quote]

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