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Its a place that, on the surface, would seem to require commitment. famously gray, rainy, not particularly friendly and all the way up there, in the far corner of the country. a place you could get work in the aircraft industry, or make music or rather notoriously, become a serial killer. whether outfitting prospectors during the alaskan gold rush or looking for some kind of cred from the music scene, its always boom or bust. now its a new kind of boom. microsoft, google, twitter, expedia and am...

♪ tech boys >> anthony: you know, bitter old -- like me are of course going to complain any time we hear about, you know, a lot of high-fiving white guys coming in to town. and yet, youve created this sort of iconic hate anthem. can you tell the tech people from the non-tech people? >> dustin: yeah, they have the badges. >> astra: neutral colored clothing. theyre kind of easy to spot. they have a walk. >> anthony: they have a walk? >> astra: yeah. theyre just all the same. theres nothing that ...

♪ tech boys tech boys ♪ ♪ tech boys tech boys ♪ ♪ tech boys tech boys ♪ ♪ with your mustache and your paycheck ♪ ♪ and your blue badge and your limp dick ♪ ♪ with your mouth full of the party line ♪ ♪ and your weekends working overtime ♪ ♪ overtime overtime ♪ >> anthony: fish and chips is the thing, right? >> dustin: thats the thing. >> astra: yeah. >> astra elaine and dustin patterson are members of the local band "the gods themselves." they wrote a song about th...

Surface, would seem to require commitment. famously gray, rainy, not particularly friendly and all the way up there, in the far corner of the country. a place you could get work in the aircraft industry, or make music or rather notoriously, become a serial killer. whether outfitting prospectors during the alaskan gold rush or looking for some kind of cred from the music scene, its always boom or bust. now its a new kind of boom. microsoft, google, twitter, expedia and amazon are the big dogs in ...

Meet our new apple martini drinking overlords. ♪ tech boys tech boys ♪ ♪ tech boys tech boys ♪ ♪ tech boys tech boys ♪ ♪ with your mustache and your paycheck ♪ ♪ and your blue badge and your limp dick ♪ ♪ with your mouth full of the party line ♪ ♪ and your weekends working overtime ♪ ♪ overtime overtime ♪ >> anthony: fish and chips is a thing, right? >> dustin: thats a thing. >> astra: yeah. >> astra elaine and dustin patterson are members of the local band "the g...

♪ tech boys >> anthony: you know, bitter old -- like me are of course going to complain any time we hear about, you know, a lot of high-fiving white guys coming in to town. and yet, youve created this sort of iconic hate anthem. can you tell the tech people from the non-tech people? >> dustin: yeah, they have the badges. >> astra: neutral colored clothing. theyre kind of easy to spot. they have a walk. >> anthony: they have a walk? >> astra: yeah. theyre just all the same. theres nothing that ...

Have dated a couple of tech boys. >> is their personal hygiene an issue? >> astra: like the nerdier tech boys will have that smell. that mildewy smell. you know what im talking about? >> anthony: wow, you really have a low opinion of these people. >> astra: well, were generalizing now, tony. >> anthony: im all for that. [ laughter ] everybody in seattle is a musician, a serial killer or a chef as far as im concerned, so. >> anthony: in a lot of ways, this was always a company town. you know, boe...

Male, derisively referred to as "tech boys" or "tech bros" are rapidly changing the dna of the city. rewiring it to satisfy their own newly empowered nerdly appetites. meet our new apple martini drinking overlords. ♪ tech boys tech boys ♪ ♪ tech boys tech boys ♪ ♪ tech boys tech boys ♪ ♪ tech boys tech boys ♪ ♪ with your mustache and your paycheck ♪ ♪ and your blue badge and your limp dick ♪ ♪ with your mouth full of the party line ♪ ♪ and your weekends working over...

Sort of iconic hate anthem. can you tell the tech people from the non-tech people? >> dustin: yeah, they have the badges. >> astra: neutral colored clothing. theyre kind of easy to spot. they have a walk. >> anthony: they have a walk? >> astra: yeah. theyre just all the same. theres nothing that really stands out about them. theyre so dull. ♪ youve got to feel that rhythm ♪ ♪ that algorithim youve got the feel ♪ ♪ that rhythm that algorithm ♪ ♪ tech boys >> astra: you know, dating ...

And yet, youve created this sort of iconic hate anthem. can you tell the tech people from the non-tech people? >> dustin: yeah, they have the badges. >> astra: neutral-colored clothing. theyre kind of easy to spot. they have a walk. >> anthony: they have a walk? >> astra: yeah. theyre just all the same. theres nothing that really stands out about them. theyre so dull. ♪ youve got to feel that rhythm ♪ ♪ that algorithim >> astra: you know, dating apps are really big here. i have a few girlf...