Although the landscape resembles the same focus-grouped blandness you’d find at any of the thousands of office parks spanning America’s suburbs, the logos in front of the buildings stand out: Tesla, Google, HP, Rivian. The program led to cross-pollination between the university, the companies, and their workers, who shared knowledge with their employers or started new companies in the region. Out of the 192k tech workers in Silicon Valley in the early ‘80s, roughly one of every eight worked at the park, from college graduates just starting out to luminaries like Steve Jobs.
Author: rmason
Published at: 2025-04-27 22:14:32
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