Big dreams and tiny spaces inside Silicon Valley’s ‘hacker hostels’
In the New York Times , Brian X. Chen explores a strange new kind of establishment that’s popping up in the hills of Northern California. Appearing as plain-looking residential dorms littered with laptops and microwaveable foods, the so-called “hacker hostels” cram scores of aspiring technologists looking to make it big in the tech-friendly Bay Area. Deriving from short- and long-term housing matchmaking sites like Airbnb, Chen says that the temporary residencies, which operate both publicly and under-the-table, are being popularized in the region as a form of startup incubator for designers, programmers, and entrepreneurs.
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Big dreams and tiny spaces inside Silicon Valley’s ‘hacker hostels’
