Sophia of Silicon Valley
β Scribed by Anna Yen
- Publisher
- Harpercollins Publishers Inc
- Year
- 2018;2019
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 218 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
A brilliant young Asian woman navigates the thrilling world of Silicon Valley in the boom years of the tech industry, working for some of the greatest minds of our time, including Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, in this fast-paced satirical, and revealing novel--drawn from the author's own experiences--in the spirit of The Devil Wears Prada, Primates of Park Avenue, and Bond Girl.
The daughter of successful Taiwanese immigrants, Sophia Young has always spoken her mind, and in Silicon Valley that turns out to be her greatest asset--especially when she's often the only woman in a room. As companies like Apple, Google, Tesla, and Oracle are beginning to revolutionize the world, Sophia lucks into a job that puts her directly in the path of Scott Kraft, the eccentric founder of a groundbreaking software company and CEO of an animated film studio that is transforming the art.
As Scott's right-hand woman, the incorrigibly outspoken Sophia is in the eye of the...
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