Valley Talent

“Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad” -Anonymous

“Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad” -Anonymous One common refrain from experienced engineers outside of Silicon Valley is that ‘nothing SV cranks out requires any talent’. Seeing that I’m an engineer turning that very same SV crank, I immediately took offense. What?!? How could anyone say that these amazing new apps put together with generators, Bootstrap and the latest over-hyped database… I’ll concede that point. As I’ve thought about this more, I’ve found some truth in the statement - but not as much as those who spout it might want. There’s

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