The Nudist On The Lateshift

and Other Tales of Silicon Valley

Po Bronson

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English

Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
06 August 1999

True stories; Economics; Hi-tech manufacturing industries; Ethical & social aspects of computing

Bestselling author Po Bronson tells the true story of the greatest legal creation of wealth in the history of the world, and the people in the Silicon Valley who are making it happen

A gold rush is happening. Masses of entrepreneurs and tech wizards, immigrants and investors, dreamers and visionaries are heading West to seek their fortune and a new destiny. Their Mecca is Silicon Valley. In no other place in the world can one person achieve so much with just initiative, talent and a good idea. They come because it does not matter if they are young, or left college without a degree, or have dark skin or speak with an accent. They come even if it is illegal. They come beacuse they feel that they will regret it forever if they don't give it a try. They are a new breed, Venture Trippers, who get off on the dizzying adventure of bloodwork. It is a mad, fertile time in Superachiever land- every year, the rules evolve to make it all happen quicker, on higher margins, to reach more amazing sums. Meet David Filo, co-founder of Yahoo and worth over $500 million, who still sleeps under his desk one night a week. Meet the 26 year-old who is already on his fifth start-up venture. Meet the man with the biggest brain in the world. Meet the nudist who works the late shift.

By: Po Bronson
Imprint: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 1mm, Width: 1mm,
Weight: 296g
ISBN: 9780436204777
ISBN 10: 0436204770
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 06 August 1999
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Po Bronson has written for Wired, Rolling Stone and the New York Times Magazine. He is the author of What Should I do With My Life?, Why Do I Love These People? and The First $20 Million is Always the Hardest. He also co-writes with Ashley Merryman. Together they have written the books Nurture Shock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong and Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing; they have also won nine national awards for their reporting on the science of human development, including the PEN USA Award for Literary Journalism and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Award for Outstanding Journalism.

Reviews for The Nudist On The Lateshift: and Other Tales of Silicon Valley

Is software the new rock and roll? Silicon Valley is both the happening place to be and a faceless suburb. Its workaholic inhabitants, like the eponymous naked programmer, form their own eccentric subculture. Bronson's collection of reportage (much of its from Wired magazine) shows various facets of life in and around the computer industry (the hopefuls, the risk-takers, the would-be visionaries and the sales staff). He has a grasp of the finance as well as the technology, but is most interested in the people and knows how to pin them on the page, still wriggling. (Kirkus UK)