Siliconite

plural Siliconites

1. rareA person who lives or works in Silicon Valley.

   The supposed main difference was that the Siliconites consist of Jewish managers and South Asian engineers/managers. Bangalorites are just South Asian. Which ever way you look at it south Asians dominate IT. R&D is also a strong point.

   2004 March 6, Roy Chang, “Re: Bangalore: Silicon Valley or Coolie Valley?”, in alt.computer.consultants (Usenet)

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   R.U. Sirius, whose journalistic rounds put him in constant contact with Siliconites of all descriptions, says, "In my experience, the most creative people in computers experiment with drugs. It's a very bizarre culture, where the freaks are the elite. […]"

   1992 June 29, Vijay Joglekar, “Valley of the Nerds - 3”, in austin.general (Usenet)

   Are you kidding? $60,000 is what Siliconites pay the illegal Guatemalan gardener who has to go all the way to Gilroy before he can find a place he can afford to rent. (As long as he, the wife and kids share the place with his brother and his family.)

   1996 October 7, frlpwr@flash.net, “Re: Organic/Unsafe”, in talk.politics.animals (Usenet)