Uncanny Valley: A Memoir

A liberal arts graduate is working at a New York City publishing company. She ends up stumbling into a tech startup that is trying to disrupt the book industry. The company is much less regimented than publishing and is more focussed on "tech" than books. (Other employees are not very interested in her "book club".) Things don't work out for her there. However, she does catch the tech bug and ends up moving to San Francisco to take a new job. She bombs the interview, but ends up acing a practice LSAT to get the job.

At her new job, she is at the bottom of the hierarchy in support. She is also one of the few women women there. She eventually adapts to the culture, enjoying the millennial perks, but struggling as somebody different. She gets a nice job at github, explores various hedonistic San Francisco activities and eventually leaves the bay area.

The book is an interesting view into the techy world and the "mono-cultural" that exists. The author differentiates herself as being a non-techy female in a world of white techy males. However, she does seem to fit right in with the culture. The focus on the surface hides many other aspects that are excluded. There are plenty of white males that are not present in the culture. There is a great challenge in bringing them in also.