In middle school, the athletes took over their hearts. JT Snow, Mike Dunleavy and the least unattractive player on the San Jose Sharks started to pepper their binder etchings.
Then in my senior year of high school, a couple girls in my class were involved with some of the founding programmers over at then startup, The Facebook. Since Zuckerberg and co. worked out of a house in Palo Alto, the local graduating females of Gunn High School were ripe for inviting to those infamous house parties depicted in The Social Network.
More and more frequently, I hear about my girl friends and distant acquaintances having flings or relationships with tech/social network/digital entrepreneurs. The heart throbs and sports stars of the past have given way to a new breed of bachelors. They're young, crazy smart, business-savvy, (rich), and the best part - seemingly attainable. Most, save Zuckerberg, manage to stay out of the spotlight, so much so that the layperson wouldn't recognize them on the street. (Here's a quiz, ladies: Can you name the founder of Digg? Of Reddit? Of Foursquare?)
Kevin Rose, founder of Digg. Photo from MTV Music Blog.
Aaron Schwartz, co-founder of Reddit. Photo from The Digerati Life.
Dennis Crowley, co-founder of Foursquare. Photo from All Things Digital.
Of course, the best part of this whole trend is the perception that before their rise to techie fame, these guys were not what you'd call eligible bachelors. Their imagined past, filled with lines of code, calculators, inadequate social skills, reclusive tendencies, and not a girl in sight. Whether or not this is actually the case, they play into the archetype of the nerd who grows up to be a successful billionaire and subsequently gets all the ladies.
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