That story includes promises of identity, security, and value for the workers who help companies succeed. “I think we're seeing narratives of disillusionment now because we were sold this story about Silicon Valley, all of us were very respondent to it and we have seen, in recent years, this story start to fall apart,” Wiener told CNBC. The long-form testimonies come as tech workers arise in spurts, protesting how their companies are handling government contracts, climate action and sexual misconduct. Wendy Liu's book “Abolish Silicon Valley,” which comes out April 14, teases that it will bust the myths of the tech industry.

In December, ex- Google employee Claire Stapleton wrote a long-form feature for Elle Magazine called “Google Loved Me, Until I Pointed Out Everything That Sucked About It.” Former Uber engineer Susan Fowler wrote a forthcoming book “Whistleblower,” which comes out in February. She's one of a cohort of women in their early thirties who are now recounting their stories about working in the tech industry. That often included being the only person who identified as female in a room. Several former tech workers are releasing non-fiction accounts about their experiences in Silicon Valley and one of them says it's largely because tech companies have fed women a story that, itself, is fictional.Īnna Wiener wrote “Uncanny Valley” as a memoir that recounts her personal experiences of ambivalence and disillusionment working in San Francisco start-ups in her early twenties during the last decade. “Uncanny Valley” author Anna Wiener says more women are coming forward with long-form testimonies about Silicon Valley

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