I guess I'll have to read that book. I'm a similar age to the author and have also experienced a good deal of disillusionment about the tech industry. Like her

I guess I'll have to read that book. I'm a similar age to the author and have also experienced a good deal of disillusionment about the tech industry. Like her, I absolutely did idolize tech companies as a kid, despite only ever reading about them from afar. I even bought into the concept of these places being pure meritocracies and forces for good. I still love tech and most people who work in the field, but it's apparent that it's not a pure meritocracy by any means. Not that any industry is, to be fair. I still have no regrets about choosing this career and think that technology jobs in general offer an outsized opportunity compared to most other jobs, especially for ambitious working class kids. I do think though that the highly regional nature of top-tier jobs and capital heavily favors the SF area excludes a good portion of talent from the tech startup scene, especially black people and rural people. You would think the absurd housing costs in that area would provide incentives to branch out, but network effects are powerful and the wealthy investor class don't feel the pain from that issue. The end result is a physical and cultural bubble around tech in SV that will decrease the ability of tech startups to contribute genuine innovation moving forward. Like many things related to capitalism, it's not terribly hard to identify problematic patterns and unequal outcomes - but proposing solutions is much harder. Will be curious to read what the Author believes can help, and why.