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The Nudist on the Late Shift and Other Tales of Silicon Valley
 
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The Nudist on the Late Shift and Other Tales of Silicon Valley (Paperback)
by Po Bronson (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  (15 customer reviews)

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Product details
  • Paperback: 252 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New Ed edition (1 Jun 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099289075
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099289074
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 304,272 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
By car and by plane, masses of people are heading west to Silicon Valley to make their fortunes. No-one wants to go to Hollywood anymore. Silicon Valley is the only place on earth where you can make mind-boggling sums of money for having talent, ability and just a great idea.

Until now, the world-famous valley has been shrouded in mystery, but in his highly entertaining new book, The Nudist on the Late Shift, Wired journalist Po Bronson reveals the true stories about the real people who are making it happen in the virtual world. Meet the co-founder of Yahoo!, David Filo, worth more than $500 million, who still sleeps under his desk one night a week and thinks nothing of wearing a T-shirt advertising rival search engine Excite. Find out how Sabeer Bhatia dreamt up the idea of a free e-mail service called Hotmail and read how Microsoft's Bill Gates pursued him with unimaginable amounts of money. Meet the programmers who like to split their computer screens in two so they can deal in their own shares and program at the same time; and finally meet the nudist who works the late shift. It's true. There is a programmer who strips off after normal office hours. He does it to assert his freedom.

Po Bronson has spent most of the decade searching for the best true Silicon Valley stories. Before you head west to try to make your fortune, be certain you read this book or at least remember to take it with you. --Justin Hunt

Synopsis
Masses of entrepreneurs and tech wizards are heading west to seek their fortune and a new destiny. Their Mecca is Silicon Valley, where the only limits are one's own initiative, talent and ideas. The author introduces us to their world.


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