>>151113966
A lot of the Silicon Valley white collar class is composed of nerds, obviously. However, the experience changes them.
A basement dweller moves away from home to nab a cushy salary. Suddenly, he's got no family. He has no safety net, so the pressure is on to keep the job. Commuting during the peaks is a bitch, so he solves both at once by staying late and coming in early. It's not so bad, though; he's got nothing worth coming home to at his five-way split apartment, but the office is packed with Cali-style perks. The office has a gourmet cafeteria, and his new work team of pseudofriends hit the office gym and game rooms daily, so he ends up falling into their habits.
Jump forward five years and you've still got a basement dweller, but now he looks like a jock from all of the exercise and healthy eating. He hangs out with a bunch of guys that look like jocks. He still can't find a house, but his money is burning a hole in his pocket: he spends it on a fancy car and watches and brand name semi-casual clothes. Underneath, he's still the same nerd, but the trappings of a bro have built up around him like twigs on a bagworm.
