> Ten years ago, the cultural idea of the technologist was still basically Jobs and Wozniak.

Nah, that's been dead since 2010 or earlier. It was probably dead during DotCom too. Anytime tech is hot again, it attracts the kind of money/status chasers that move to whatever is hottest.

I mean Zuck was a Harvard grad and Bezos was a hedge fund guy first. Thiel was in law and derivates trading before tech.

The founders in garage era was more 70s/80s vibe.