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She has a new book out called brotopia, all about sexism in silicon valley. It has now become a history book and it shows how silicon valley developed in part thanks to venture capital. In their book silicon valley fever, everett rogers and judith larsen quoted an anonymous intel informant. Silicon valley is an american comedy television series created by mike judge, john altschuler and dave krinsky. In silicon valley, chang writes, such events may be devoted primarily to. In an excerpt in vanity fair, changs book details silicon valleys sex culture as told to her by two dozen, mostly anonymous, people who have attended the parties. It corresponds roughly to the geographical santa clara valley. May, 2020 calendar of free events, paid events, and things to do in scotts valley, ca. San jose is the valley s largest city, the thirdlargest in california, and the tenthlargest in the united states. This latest, muddled treatment of silicon valley s microelectronics industry does identify, and elaborate on, some of the wellknown components of its success.
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