I like this article, because it calls out some concerning trends. I'm having more and more trouble tolerating contact with startup culture at the moment and SF in general; I've been avoiding interacting too much with my Bay area acquaintances recently (but not my friends up there, obv). The amount of hyperbole, even amongst seemingly sincere people, is increasing at an alarming rate, and the old feedback-loop insular bubble problem seems to be worsening in my view. In 1997, at 18, I was at a crazy net startup, and I'm seeing the rapid growth of the kind of nonsense and marketing-literature driven fluff that I saw explode then. Bad sign.<p>A lot of recent Stanford and Berkeley grads I've met sound more like real estate agents than technologically oriented people.<p><i>Maybe a Victoria Secret model is actually very technically switched on, regularly reads HN in between outfit changes, trolls reddit when parties get boring, loves to Buffer her selfies, manages tickets to club appearances with Eventbrite and has her accountant send her weekly reports directly in Xero.<p>Either way, it’s not true. And not likely. But I’m proud to report I’m engaged to a stunner, and I met her when I was a poor student :-)</i><p>I know this is just gentle snark, but yes, one of my closest friends is a very successful model that does pretty much everything you listed, often on sites I haven't heard of yet. (She only reads HN with me but she chooses the links and always has insight). So maybe kill the snark a little? It makes you look less cool and maybe distances some people who could be truly awesome, unique friends. There are some <i>extremely</i> savvy models out there. She travels constantly and is basically my chief advisor on international communication trends. Now try to imagine what she overhears when some [redacted] dude wants to fly her to Bali on his private jet... Yeah. You think they ask her for an NDA?<p>Anyway congrats on your engagement! Money is NOT what it takes, right? Carry that message to the youngins ;)