Recently on Habré there was a review of the book "Live, Work, Die" , which criticizes Silicon Valley and what is happening in it from the point of view of the humanities.
Everything looks smooth, but after reading the book, the author's complete ignorance in the technology industry and his huge envy of developers from the valley opens up, which gave rise to criticism.
The yardstick for us will not be subjective judgments, but everything that he himself declared about himself in the book by Corey Pine. So, the first chapter begins with how the author did not become a programmer , but became a journalist, which he seems to regret ... because of the money:
In the years that followed, when my foolishly chosen profession fell victim to the digital revolution, I looked with envy at techies, winners, pioneers. They had ideas. They had courage. And most importantly, they had money. Why am I not in their place?
It would seem that with such a motivation of "go to it" it is already possible to close the book, but let's take a look at what the author will tell us next. Maybe he really had an idea how to change the world, or how to make a useful service that is useful? Corey Pine quickly dispels these doubts:
When I started writing the book, its working title was How To Make $ 30 Billion With The Silicon Valley Way. My idea was to get a tech start up and become obscenely rich by working on a book on how to get a tech start up and become obscenely rich - the Silicon Valley way!
With this brilliant idea and without any savings behind him, he goes to the valley, where from the very beginning he finds himself ... No, not on the board of directors of a successful company, but contrary to his expectations, but quite naturally, in an ordinary hostel, which he immediately complains to us :
The lodging cost $ 85 a night - less than the market average, but still more than I could afford.
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There were five beds in "my" room. I thought I took off personal space
Throughout the book, you can see how the author realizes that he is not in his place, but desperately tries to attribute himself to the "techies" (!) Without having any technical skills, which he himself repeatedly admits, at the same time envying and condemning techies. Judge for yourself:
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Due to the volume of the text, such pearls of Corey as the prohibition of taxi services (you see, they allow any person without a taxi driver's mark to earn money) or the prohibition of rental services (you see, poor realtors have a bad time when people can negotiate directly) were not included here.
However, the above is already enough to draw a simple conclusion that not every opinion should be trusted, especially if it is dictated by impure intentions and envy.
Have a great day everyone!