Brotopia · Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley, Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley by Chang, Emily -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE: TECH’S ORIGINAL SIN

MEETING LENA NAVIGATING BROTOPIA THE FUTURE WE (DON’T) DESERVE

1: FROM NERD TO BRO: HOW TECH BYPASSED WOMEN

FROM PIONEERS TO OUTSIDERS HOW WOMEN GOT PROFILED OUT WOMEN’S NARROW PATH GETS NARROWER APPLE UPSETS THE NERD CART HOW TRILOGY WROTE THE BRO CODE THE CULTURE-FIT CHALLENGE COULD WOMEN HAVE PREVENTED THE DOT-COM BUST? AFTER THE CRASH

2: THE PAYPAL MAFIA AND THE MYTH OF THE MERITOCRACY

CONTRARIANS BY NATURE PAYPAL: WHEN “MERITOCRACY” MEANS “PEOPLE LIKE US” HIRING ONLY PEOPLE LIKE US THE PAYPAL OCTOPUS MAX LEVCHIN’S DIVERSITY AWAKENING A CRITIQUE OF MERITOCRACY THIEL GOES TO THE WHITE HOUSE

3: GOOGLE: WHEN GOOD INTENTIONS AREN’T ENOUGH

THE WOMEN WHO BUILT GOOGLE HOW WOMEN LEADERS INFLUENCED GOOGLE CULTURE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT DIVERSITY MIXED SIGNALS FROM THE TOP SETTLING AT AVERAGE THE INFAMOUS GOOGLE MEMO BREAKING THROUGH THE SILICON CEILING THE RISE AND FALL OF MARISSA MAYER LEANING IN

4: THE TIPPING POINT: WOMEN ENGINEERS SPEAK OUT

BREAKING BREAD WITH WOMEN ENGINEERS UNWANTED ADVANCES, 24/7 THE “ELEPHANT IN THE VALLEY” TO SUE OR NOT TO SUE SURVIVING ALL THE “LITTLE THINGS” THE DOUBLE (AND TRIPLE) MINORITIES BRILLIANT JERKS WHAT THEY DO FOR LOVE

5: SUPERHEROES AND SUPERJERKS: THE ROLE OF THE VENTURE CAPITALISTS

WHY FEMALE VCS ARE SO SCARCE THE POST-PAO EFFECT HOW MALE VCS DEAL WITH FEMALE FOUNDERS THE PREDATORS IN VC THE FOLKS WHO COULD FORCE THE VCS TO CHANGE WOMEN GOING THEIR OWN WAY

6: SEX AND THE VALLEY: MEN PLAY, WOMEN PAY

SEX PARTIES OF THE TECH AND FAMOUS FOUNDER HOUNDERS THE NEW PARADIGM FOR WOMEN GETTING SCREWED HACKING MONOGAMY CONFERENCE ROOM G

7: ONE HACK DOESN’T FIT ALL: HOW TECH DISRUPTS FAMILY

TECH’S “LEAKY BUCKET” WORKING LONG, HARD, AND SMART PARENTHOOD AND THE PRESSURE TO KEEP UP BUILDING A NEW OPERATING SYSTEM

8: ESCAPE FROM TROLLTOPIA: WOMEN’S FIGHT TO SAVE THE INTERNET

THE MONEY IN MISOGYNY TROLL ARMY ON THE MARCH WHAT GAVE RISE TO ONLINE HATE? THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SCRAPPING THE HATE HOW HARASSERS FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL A COMPANY THAT FOUGHT HARASSMENT AND WON SAFEGUARDING OUR VIRTUAL FUTURE

9: SILICON VALLEY’S SECOND CHANCE

SILICON VALLEY 3.0 SLACK: A DIVERSITY CASE HISTORY RETENTION DEBUGGING THE FAILURE TECH’S RISING WORKFORCE

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