Silicon Valley celebrated the premier of the HBO sitcom Silicon Valley. It’s about a group of programmers struggling to make it big in the computer technology world. But one real life Silicon Valley player didn’t think this comedy is so funny.
According to founder and CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk, the show totally missed the mark on what Silicon Valley is really about. This Pay Pal co-founder criticized the fact none of the characters were software engineers. He elaborated how different Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are, but this show went over the top. Musk says this show didn’t even get close to the essence of that part of California. For example, he talked about the social scene in Silicon and compared it to Mike Judge’s portrayal, saying, “The parties in Silicon Valley are amazing because people don?t care about how they?re perceived socially, which I don?t think Mike [Judge] got.”
Let me just say, I’ve never been to Silicon Valley. The closest place I’ve been to was San Francisco, and this was the early 1990s, before Silicon Valley was really Silicon Valley. So I can’t tell you what the culture is like. But is something deeper going on here? Some people don’t like getting spoofed on. Some people just can’t laugh at something that hits so close to home. Some people at this viewing say the show did a great job capturing Silicon Valley. I’m anxious to see this sitcom myself to see who is right. To those of you who live, work or have any connection to this part of the world, did Mike Judge’s comedy truly capture Silicon V. culture? Or is Elon Musk right about this show?