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A review by amyvl93
Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener
informative
slow-paced
3.0
Uncanny Valley follows Anna Wiener's move from her dead-end publishing job in New York, to the land of opportunity in tech out West. As she moves between start-ups, and as scrutiny of tech companies increases, Wiener herself begins to become increasingly disillusioned with her work and the industry as a whole.
This started as a really engaging listen, the juxtaposition between Wiener's life in New York and her move into tech was really well described. However, it did feel a little overlong and felt like we repeated a lot of the messages around sexism and excessive wealth in the organisations. I will say this may have been exacerbated by having to take a pause in listening to this because of my Spotify credits; though if you read a fair bit about the tech industry I'm not sure this would necessarily offer anything new.
This started as a really engaging listen, the juxtaposition between Wiener's life in New York and her move into tech was really well described. However, it did feel a little overlong and felt like we repeated a lot of the messages around sexism and excessive wealth in the organisations. I will say this may have been exacerbated by having to take a pause in listening to this because of my Spotify credits; though if you read a fair bit about the tech industry I'm not sure this would necessarily offer anything new.
Moderate: Sexism and Sexual harassment