A millennial leaves publishing for Silicon Valley startups, offering a candid insider look at tech excess, ambition, and disillusionment.
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A millennial leaves publishing for Silicon Valley startups, offering a candid insider look at tech excess, ambition, and disillusionment.
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"In her mid-twenties, at the height of tech industry idealism, Anna Wiener -- stuck, broke, and looking for meaning in her work, like any good millennial -- left a job in book publishing for the promise of the new digital economy. She moved from New York to San Francisco, where she landed at a big-data startup in the heart of the Silicon Valley bubble: a world of surreal extravagance, dubious success, and fresh-faced entrepreneurs hell-bent on domination, glory, and, of course, progress. Anna ar...
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Light personal relationship content; no explicit sexual scenes
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore present
Profanity
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Occasional strong language reflecting startup workplace culture
Substance use
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Recurring social drinking; office speakeasies and party culture
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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No religious themes present
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central critique of tech power, surveillance, capitalism, and culture
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Recurring workplace sexism, bullying, and toxic power dynamics
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