After the startup failed, Wiener moved to the West Coast for another technology startup opportunity. Long hours and low pay led her to search out other opportunities, which led to a position in a local technology startup attempting to disrupt the book publishing model. Wiener grew up in the New York City area and started her professional career in the publishing industry. That’s why I chose to read Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener. As the old saying goes, if you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product.īecause I work in this echo chamber, I find it interesting when a person outside the industry shares their perspective on what goes on inside of it. Why the paranoia? I don’t trust that any of those companies have our personal privacy and best interests at heart. For example, I’m careful, some may even say paranoid, about how much information I share on social media, if any at all. It’s easy to forget that people outside the industry don’t understand what goes on behind the scenes in the software, websites, and mobile apps they use. When you work in the technology space like I do, reality gets distorted.
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