Criticism of tech industry culture

I read Emily Chang’s book Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley the day it came out. Yes – I stayed up until after midnight (way p... (2018)

Silicon Valley may be a place of incredible innovation, but some say what most needs to change is its own business culture. A new book called "Brot... (2018)

Silicon Valley is slow to come to terms with the fact that it's become the new Wall Street. In 2018, that needs to change. “In 2008, it was Wall... (2017)

The Guardian, 2017: “Wall Street has long been the industry people love to hate. But as big tech’s reputation plummets, suddenly a job at Facebook... (2017)

Resist and Thrive – Yancey Strickler – cofounder of Kickstarter. Nov 9, 2015 "We don’t expect everyone doing a Kickstarter project to become a ... (2015)

GSD! Just ship it! Fail fast! Fire fast! HUSTLE! They’re the battle cries of the startup world, which maintains a culture of moving quickly. Maybe ... (2013)

Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of the once highly touted blood-testing startup, is accused of an "elaborate years-long fraud." “Startup culture vener... (2018)

Working for a tech company may sound like all fun and ping-pong, but behind the facade is a ruthless code of secrecy – and retribution for those wh... (2018)

In their latest book, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson broadly reject the prevailing notion that long hours, aggressive hustle, and 'whatev... (2021)

Carla Harris talks to Freada Kapor Klein of the Kapor Capital, which invests in entrepreneurs who are women or from multicultural backgrounds. (2018)

Blitzscaling promises to teach techniques that are “the lightning fast path to building massively valuable companies.” But it's not a recipe for su... (2019)

A sometimes pointed, sometimes resigned conversation with engineers, designers, research scientists, and job candidates who are pushing for a more ... (2019)

Former Facebook employees detailed how the company's leadership and performance review system have created a "go along" culture (2019)

Three recent books challenge the tech industry's myths of self-reliance and prescience. (2018)

The final vote was 46 for the union, 37 against, a historic win for unionization efforts at tech companies. (2020)

For years, Gelman was the archetypal girlboss. But despite raising some $118 million and building a buzzy brand, there was more going on behind the... (2020)