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Which Techie Stereotype Are You? [Check One]
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If you live and breathe technology startup culture, you know that there are definitely some distinctive personality types that permeate the industry.
You have the heady and sometimes arrogant but passionate founder. The uber-connected and overly caffeinated social media manger. The hipster designer who may or may not have tried to become a stand-up comedian. The dorky and almost-but-not-quite socially awkward but brilliant developer.
You know these people. In fact, there is a fairly good chance you are one of these people.
The Community Manager
The Bold Italic, a San Francisco-based online magazine and events guide, picks out the most common techie stereotypes you will find in any city’s startup ecosystem. Author Nicole Grant Kriege breaks down the typical people working in that open-floor-plan semi-industrial loft, while artist Juan Leguizamon brings the characters to life in delightful cartoon irony.
(See The Bold Italic’s Techie Stereotypes)
Like all stereotypes, these characters are not set in stone. The Founder, for instance, does not always have to be the one giving PowerPoint presentations and reading The 4-Hour Workweek. For instance, Ben Carcio, the CEO and co-founder of a startup called Promoboxx in Boston, fits more into The Sales Manager group than the Founder group (per Kriege’s loose definitions). Yet, Sravish Sridhar, CEO of Kinvey, fits The Founder model perfectly. Ryan Light, in marketing at Zagster, is the epitome of a hipster Designer.
These are fun caricatures and are meant to be treated that way. Real startup employees tend to wear many hats. The founder is often the primary sales person, the developer and the community manager all at once. Or, the designer is also the marketer. The community manager is also the sales rep. Personalities are usually not so black and white in real life.
Check out the common stereotypes from The Bold Italic below. Then look around the startups in your city. Do you know somebody who exemplifies The Marketing Guy or The Customer Service Rep? Let us know in the comments. And don’t forget to vote in the poll to tell us what kind of techie stereotype you think you are.
The Founder
The Founder
Reading Material: The 4-Hour Workweek
Specialties: Wooing venture capitalists, apparently wearing black turtlenecks in some type of Steve Jobs imitation.
The Sales Manager
Also Known As: The Coach
Weaknesses: Tired baseball metaphors, “win one for the Gipper” speeches, Red Bull.
The Newb
Would Rather Be: Nowhere else in the world.
Specialties: An overabundance of enthusiasm.
The Community Manager
Also Known As: The Cheerleader
Hobbies: Staying up with trends (Bold Italics says “bacon” trends but bacon is such a narrow niche these days).
The Developer
Would Rather Be: Live action roleplaying.
Specialties: Aloof but alert. Turning the art of meeting women into a numbers game.
The Developer
The Marketing Guy
Also Known As: The Megaphone
Reading Material: Bold Italics says anything by Malcolm Gladwell. We would like to add Google Employee No. 59 by Douglas Edwards.
The Designer
Weaknesses: Font types. Why do designers always obsess over font types?
Would Rather Be: Watching random YouTube videos about shrimp.
The Customer Service Rep
Also Known As: The Email Slogger
Specialties: Email. Yeah, you know who you are.
Human Resources
Specialties: Why do I always associate the human resources person with cupcakes?
Reading Material: Twilight series. Probably O, The Oprah Magazine.
The Tech Blogger
Also Known As: The Self-Important Hack
Specialties: Complaining about PR people and embargoes. Putting the word [Exclusive] around stories that are not really exclusive.
<a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/6784008/”>What Kind Of Tech Stereotype Are You?</a>
Special thanks to The Bold Italic for letting ReadWrite use its stereotypes, art and (some of) its descriptions.
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2012-12-20 14:33:36
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