tech bros
Startup culture stereotypes
Tech bros are men working in the technology industry who embody a particular culture of confidence, disruption rhetoric, and libertarian-leaning politics.
The term is usually disparaging, suggesting arrogance, insularity, and obliviousness to social concerns beyond profit and innovation: The tech bros think they can solve homelessness with an app.
The stereotype includes hoodies, startup jargon, and faith that technology can fix any problem.
Topped sweatshirt
- sneakersCasual athletic footwear
- beanbagsPellet-stuffed pouches
- pingpongMiniature tennis indoors
- foosballTabletop soccer game
scooter · hackathon · podcast · crypto · blockchain · memes · coworking · kombucha
One who begins something
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- scalingClimbing or resizing
bootstrapping · unicorn · IPO · equity · cofounder · MVP · valuation · disruption
Excessive self-importance
- overconfidenceUnjustified certainty in oneself
- mansplainingCondescending male explanation
- egoOne's self-image
- smugnessExcessive pride in oneself
entitlement · superiority · bravado · swagger · tone-deaf · privilege · condescension · dismissiveness
- brogrammerMacho Silicon Valley type
- wunderkindRemarkably talented youngster
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- disruptorOne who overturns norms
thought-leader · influencer · evangelist · guru · ninja · hacker
hoodie
Topped sweatshirt
foosball · scooter · hackathon · podcast · crypto · blockchain · memes · coworking · kombucha · microdosing
founder
One who begins something
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
scaling · bootstrapping · unicorn · IPO · equity · cofounder · MVP · valuation · disruption · garage
arrogance
Excessive self-importance
- overconfidenceUnjustified certainty in oneself
- mansplainingCondescending male explanation
- egoOne's self-image
smugness · entitlement · superiority · bravado · swagger · tone-deaf · privilege · condescension · dismissiveness · self-importance
Zuckerberg
- brogrammerMacho Silicon Valley type
- wunderkindRemarkably talented youngster
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
disruptor · thought-leader · influencer · evangelist · guru · ninja · hacker
Cupertino
Bay Area tech hub
- FAANGMajor tech stock group
- GoogleDominant web search provider
- MetaRenamed social network conglomerate
Tesla · Stanford · gentrification · campus
- tech industrysoftware, computers, semiconductors, hardware, Amazon
- comedy targetspoliticians, lawyers, in-laws, teenagers, bosses
- tech culturedevelopers, coders, startup culture, programmers, computers
- tech economySilicon Valley, startups, venture capital, IPO, apps
- tech ethicsAI ethics, AI bias, data privacy, deepfakes, digital rights
- CaliforniaLos Angeles, San Francisco, Hollywood, San Diego, Yosemite
tech brossocial workers
Professionals helping struggling individuals
artists · librarians · academics · public servants · tradespersons
tech brosLuddites
Anti-technology movement members
regulators · union organizers · community organizers · anti-capitalists
tech, bro, technology, technological, technologically, technician, technique, technical, technically