Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (809 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01EM53OMO |
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| Number of Pages | : | 508 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazingly accurate coverage of Facebook's internal culture, the good, the bad, and the ugly. (Plus much, much more!) I worked at Facebook from 2010 until 2015, and until now I have never seen the inner machinations as accurately portrayed as they are in 'Chaos Monkeys'. Facebook very carefully maintains a public relations campaign (almost more internally focused than external) to convince the worl. "Pray for the soul of Antonio Garcia Martinez" according to Kent Gordon. This is about as unfiltered as well as lucid an account of life as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur can be. It comes off very authentically. The writing is excellent with even his wide ranging quotes well chosen and inserted without the usual smug pretentiousness. Despite several bits . Insightful, hilarious and accurate take on the insanity of silicon valley Veljko Skarich Chaos Monkeys is a bargain, since you are really getting four books in one. First, our lucky reader is treated to a Sherman-style total war on the vanities and conceits of the tech elite. For the hater in all of us, it is uncompromised, savage delight. He particularly takes aim at n
Liar's Poker meets The Social Network in an irreverent exposé of life inside the tech bubble, from industry provocateur Antonio García Martínez, a former Twitter advisor, Facebook product manager, and start-up founder/CEO. The reality is, Silicon Valley capitalism is very simple:Investors are people with more money than time.Employees are people with more time than money.Entrepreneurs are the seductive go-between.Marketing is like sex: only losers pay for it.Imagine a chimpanzee rampaging through a data center powering everything from Google to Facebook. After stints on Wall Street and as CEO