1999, ISBN: 9780375758980

New York: Random House, 1999. Hardcover. Very GoodVery Good. Perhaps more than anywhere else, Silicon Valley in the latter part of the 2 0th century has come to represent the essence of… Meer...

New York: Random House, 1999. Hardcover. Very GoodVery Good. Perhaps more than anywhere else, Silicon Valley in the latter part of the 2 0th century has come to represent the essence of the American dream. Its ec onomy has resembled the various rushes and booms of the 1800s. The Valley i s a unique place in a unique time, where just about anyone with a good idea , an aptitude for hard work, and a boatload of luck has a chance to make it big--really big. In The Nudist on the Late Shift, Po Bronson intends to ca pture the spirit of the Valley, leading us through a series of vignettes th at takes us from a "near brush with sudden wealth" to a $400 million buyout ; from life on the edge with a group of Java programmers to the plight of a futurist writer with the looming deadline for a 9,000-word article. For Br onson, the appeal of the Valley is this: Every generation that came before us had to make a choice in life between pursuing a steady career and pursui ng wild adventures. In Silicon Valley, that trade-off has been recircuited. By injecting mind-boggling risk into the once stodgy domain of gray-suited business, young people no longer have to choose. It's a two-for-one deal: the career path has become an adventure into the unknown. Like Tracy Kidder 's Soul of a New Machine, what makes Bronson's book work is a talent for na rrative. He presents compelling stories about those who make it--for exampl e, Ben Chiu (Killerapp.com, C/NET) and Sabeer Bhatia (Hotmail)--as well as those whom we'll never hear of again: the database salesman working on the "hockey stick" at the close of the quarter and the "kiss-ass entrepreneur" who's taken up COBOL programming to make ends meet. The Nudist on the Late., Random House, 1999, 2.5, UsedGood. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials., 0<

2003, ISBN: 0375758984

[EAN: 9780375758980], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Random House Trade Paperbacks], The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pag… Meer...

[EAN: 9780375758980], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Random House Trade Paperbacks], The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials., Books<