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Siliconned - How the tech industry solves fake problems, hoards idle workers and makes doomed bets with other people's money

By Emmanuel , Maggiori

Book information

Publisher
Applied Maths
Year
2024
ISBN
9781838337254, 9781838337261, 9781838337278
ASIN
B0D7MRG775
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1833777 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
228\0
Time added
2024-09-06 18:52:30

Description

A start-up wastes a billion dollars making videos nobody wants to watch. A city rushes to build landing pads for flightless air taxi prototypes. Tech giants hire thousands of techies for fake projects to stop them working for rivals.The tech industry has a tendency to go crazy. In Siliconned, industry insider Emmanuel Maggiori decodes tech’s hysteria and explains why we all pay the price for it.You’ll discover:How tech investment became a blind hunt for pipe dreams, unicorns, and explosive growth;How shady incentives reward tech investors for burning cash;How governments and central banks pour fuel on the fire;How tech companies squander talent, and how well-intentioned fads like Agile and Lean help cover it up.From low interest rates to gigantic bubbles, Siliconned turns the tech industry upside down and suggests how to fix it.

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