Forgive me for being out of the loop with American Tech company culture, but what's with all the gongs?

I think the gongs are something people hit when they complete a task.

Pacific Northwest is highly influenced by the asian cultures that have moved there. So yeah, lots of gongs.

This video was made because being between Seattle and Silicone Valley, Portland feels like the left out middle child of big cities with cool startup tech companies on the west coast.

It is nice here, but it does rain quite frequently.