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Sunil Rajaraman

lines on the record: 57
first: 2016-11-21
most recent: 2016-11-21
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: podcast

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“I think everybody's very image conscious and everyone's afraid to make waves and say what needs to be said. I think you had, as one of your guests, who's a friend of mine, Antonio Garcia Martinez, Chaos Monkeys. Great writer too. He's kind of taken it beneath the surface a little bit. There's a fear of sharing your feelings. And for whatever reason, whether people feel like It's not okay to talk about them or to be authentic. But it's just fear. And I see fear in a lot of writing about the Silicon Valley”
2016-11-21 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Sunil Rajaraman · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think just beneath the surface, this is what people feel. And I think a lot of the writing right now in the valley is not tapping into that level beneath the surface. It's pretty surface level. Right.”
2016-11-21 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Sunil Rajaraman · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Sold you on the annual pass 11 months ago, you figured you'd be going there every weekend, but only ended up going the one time. Not a break-even proposition for you. Your Wi-Fi enabled coffee maker downloads the perfect constructions on how to brew a cup of blue bottle, and you don't have to do anything. The Roomba purrs in the background while you continue to read from your smartphone. You see a few articles about Trump and how crazy he is, somehow this comforts you.”
2016-11-21 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Sunil Rajaraman · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Certainly, so I'll start with the second paragraph your non English speaking nanny shows up at 7 30 a.m. on the nose. You're paying her $24 an hour and entrusting her and Daniel the Tiger with raising your child. You tell yourself that it's okay for now. When he's old enough, he'll someday be in the public school, district, in Palo Alto. You commit to being a better parent this weekend and spending more quality time with him as you browse through the latest headlines on flipboard. You recently realized he may not be the next Mark Zuckerberg after all, but still, you send him to a music school even though he's only three. You swear he's a genius because he can say a few four-syllable words and clap perfectly to the beat of call me maybe. He's special. He is destined for greatness. And you'll make sure he achieves every ounce of it. After all, both of you are so smart and accomplished. You ask your nanny if she has any availability to watch your son this weekend, Bummer. You wish the California Academy of Sciences hadn't”
2016-11-21 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Sunil Rajaraman · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And startups. So, you know, I was co founder, CEO of a startup, as you know. And now I'm back in tech again. We all feel these things but don't often say it publicly, and that was why I wanted to write them.”
2016-11-21 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Sunil Rajaraman · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And so we were trading Silicon Valley clich ⁇ s, and it was on a Saturday afternoon. And later that night, I wrote the piece in about 45 minutes, the first one.”
2016-11-21 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Sunil Rajaraman · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“To put Yeah, I mean, writing is a form of therapy for me in a way. And I think a lot of us in tech have feelings that are this way about Silicon Valley and the rat race. And the pieces were actually the genesis of a text message conversation with two of my friends, Amol and Undo.”
2016-11-21 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Sunil Rajaraman · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT