New York Times Article on Silicon Valley Millionaires

Published: August 6, 2007, 2:33 am

Tags: silicon valley, personal finance, entertainment

I almost called this article: “The New York Times Gets the Valley… Wrong”, but I decided that there was both good & bad in the piece. The article I’m referring to was the cover story of the New York Times, Sunday August 5th Edition: New York Times: The Silicon Valley Rat Race The piece is designed to be inflammatory, like a lot of media pieces. It’s meant to get people to smack their heads and go, “My goodness, this is definitely in Bubble 2.0. How could people be so misguided to not be satisfied with millions of dollars!”. Well, the bait took. This blog fell for it. Blogging Stocks fell for it hook, line and sinker also. Check out their piece today. Why can’t the Silicon Valley rat racers just kick back and enjoy their lives? As the article points out, many have contemplated moving “to a small town like Elko, NV and being a ski bum or to the middle of the country and living like a prince in a spacious McMansion in the

[ Full article ]

Blog link

Comments