Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do--and How They Do It

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Voices from the Valley pulls back the curtain on Silicon Valley by centering the people who actually build and maintain its digital empires. Instead of focusing on celebrity CEOs and visionary founders, Ben Tarnoff and Moira Weigel present a collection of anonymous interviews with workers across the entire professional spectrum. From high-level data scientists and startup founders to the cafeteri…

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