I agree. A lot of these are not industry exclusive to tech/SV. However, we take it a bit further at times and more importantly we advertise that we're different. We like to think we're different. Other industries don't try to act like they're different. You go into law, biz, med, etc... You know what you're signing up for. You need to be a little brown nosing subservient ass hat - and everyone knows it. And everyone knows when you get to the top - you get to subject everyone everyone else to your whims, your hazing rituals, and so forth. They know that's the reward for getting to the top. Boss says you do X even if it's unethical to ask - in other industries you do it anyway. In SV, we act like it's okay for you to question it even if your boss will still fire you for insubordination.

The difference is subtle but it's that SV at least tries to act like it's different even if they're not. That's what rubs me wrong about this industry the most. The virtue signaling without any real actions behind it. It is truly ghoulish.