From NASA for Kids’ careers page
on being a computer programmer
From the Computer Science Programming page on Sac City’s website
Sacramento is known as “Silicon Valley East” because of the large number of computer and high-tech companies that have moved to, or established a facility in, the greater Sacramento metropolitan area.
By whom? I don’t mean to disparage our tech sector, but has anybody actually heard that appellation used before? Also wouldn’t East be a bit too specific, considering we are just a few clicks East of San Jose? I think North would be better. Not sure what Redmond, Washington would think about that, though…
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I usually refer to it as “Colorado West” for its nearby skiing.
posted 9/06/07 at 1:41 pm #
I’ve always thought it was referred to as “East West Sacramento?”
posted 9/06/07 at 2:12 pm #
I’ve heard people at Apple, HP and Intel use this phrase. I think it’s more aptly used to describe Mumbai, though.
posted 9/06/07 at 3:03 pm #
how about Lil’ Silicon Valley?
yeah, Google “silicon valley east” and you get stories about India and outsourcing.
posted 9/06/07 at 3:29 pm #
New Siliconton?
posted 9/06/07 at 6:34 pm #
Well, we’ve got the whole Mother Lode thing going on in the foothills, so maybe that makes Sacramento the Mother Board. (Lame, I know. Sorry, give me some credit. These four day weeks are rough.)
posted 9/06/07 at 6:49 pm #
CDMZ is right. Sacramento is more like 2 hours North-North-North-East of San Jose.
posted 9/06/07 at 7:59 pm #
RG I totally chuckled. That was cute!
posted 9/06/07 at 10:05 pm #
Far West Bangalore?
posted 9/07/07 at 6:59 am #
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