Technology scene status is conferred through one’s position in business
Evidence
Talking, working, doing—Hunt describes a hierarchy in which the majority of people milling around at technology events exchanging business cards are at the bottom, while successful, wealthy entrepreneurs are at the top. What’s clear in her description is that status level is conferred through one’s position in the business of technology. Work is conflated with value, morality, personality, and character. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 181
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines the status hierarchy of the tech scene: position in business confers status, conflating work with moral worth.
- XREF: connects to: Within tech culture, status must arrive as innovation, not as self-marketing — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 265; Tech status symbols favor functional goods framed as work necessities — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 188; A visible public persona is a requirement for staying employed in the tech scene. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 626 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Tech status symbols favor functional goods framed as work necessities
#corroborates(0.80) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 188 - Social media can build professional status without conventional business accomplishments
#contradicts(0.75) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 718 - A visible public persona is a requirement for staying employed in the tech scene.
#qualifies(0.72) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 626