Glad you're looking into this.
As a counterpoint: I've been a developer 10 years. I've worked at a few established businesses, two startups (one U.S. based and one German), and two consultancies. I worked in-person in Charlotte, N.C. and remotely since then. I've never worked in Silicon Valley.
One employer had a "play hard" culture, encouraging alcohol (ab)use outside of work. I didn't stay there long.
Perhaps I've self-selected based on my values (I don't work overtime), but I've never heard drug use condoned in any of those places, or at conferences I've attended. And I've often heard overwork spoken of as counter-productive and exploitative, as a thing that wise coders avoid.
I was not aware that "drug use as a programming aid" existed in the industry, though, human nature being what it is, I'm not shocked.
Just a caution that this shouldn't be portrayed as if it's ubiquitous without statistical evidence of that.
As a counterpoint: I've been a developer 10 years. I've worked at a few established businesses, two startups (one U.S. based and one German), and two consultancies. I worked in-person in Charlotte, N.C. and remotely since then. I've never worked in Silicon Valley.
One employer had a "play hard" culture, encouraging alcohol (ab)use outside of work. I didn't stay there long.
Perhaps I've self-selected based on my values (I don't work overtime), but I've never heard drug use condoned in any of those places, or at conferences I've attended. And I've often heard overwork spoken of as counter-productive and exploitative, as a thing that wise coders avoid.
I was not aware that "drug use as a programming aid" existed in the industry, though, human nature being what it is, I'm not shocked.
Just a caution that this shouldn't be portrayed as if it's ubiquitous without statistical evidence of that.