Tech Bro describes stereotypical Silicon Valley male startup culture—Patagonia vests, standing desks, “disruption” obsession, and casual sexism. While some embodied worst stereotypes (WeWork’s Adam Neumann, Theranos’ fraud-adjacent culture), term also used broadly against tech workers. Culture peaked pre-#MeToo; post-2017 reckoning forced surface-level diversity improvements. Underlying power structures largely unchanged despite pronoun badges.
Sources: Silicon Valley Culture Studies, Tech Industry Diversity Reports