# Shaun Maguire on Silicon Valley: “I left Silicon Valley 6 years ago Why? Because it's a monocu…”

> I left Silicon Valley 6 years ago Why? Because it's a monoculture The most extreme group think of any place on the plane… — 8.6K likes, 435 reposts on X.

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- **Updated:** 2026-10-13
- **Category:** social
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## Key data

- **Author:** @shaunmmaguire
- **Verified:** Yes
- **Rank today:** #5 of 14
- **Posted:** 2026-10-01 04:49 UTC

I left Silicon Valley 6 years ago Why? Because it's a monoculture The most extreme group think of any place on the planet Show up to a dinner party and everyone is in tech So what do they do? They start stack-ranking each other And it's a totally ordered set: being founder of co $100B market cap > founder of co with $50B market cap > managing partner of tier 1 venture firm > hired CEO of $50B public co > founder of $10B co > etc etc Pure toxicity that nerfs creativty And then …

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## Sources

1. [@shaunmmaguire on X](https://x.com/shaunmmaguire/status/2105520552089915529)
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