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		tmvnty on Sept 25, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Instagram’s Co-Founders Said to Step Down from Com... The fandom of getting rich and famous in the Silicon Valley is equivalent to high school girls wanting the bad boys as boyfriends.

pm90 on Sept 25, 2018 [–]

I don't think that's accurate. A more apt anology (and one trending on HN, coincidentally) is the California Gold Rush. The prospectors (workers) are willing to work super hard and risk it all to find gold (unicorn equity).

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