I was afraid I&#x27;d end up in a corporate IT department in a big company that does something other than technology as its main thing.<p>In Mikey Dickerson&#x27;s talks about fixing Healthcare.gov he talks about two strains of programming: that descended from a more engineering mindset, and that descended from the IT department. (I&#x27;m paraphrasing badly: I&#x27;ll try to find a better link when I have more time.) I guess I was using &quot;Silicon Valley&quot; as shorthand for the former.