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Loading... The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest: A Silicon Valley Novel (original 1997; edition 1997)by Po Bronson
Work InformationThe First $20 Million is Always the Hardest by Po Bronson (1997)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. "Andy Caspar is a lowly research engineer in Silicon Valley, but not for long if he can help it. His goal is to become an ""ironman"" -- the kind of guy who builds companies that change the world, like Apple, Netscape, Intel. But right now he's at an outfit called Omega Logic, pouring his heart into a new project, without the slightest idea that his own dreams are irrelevant to the titanic power struggle raging a couple of levels above him on the corporate flowchart. What happens to Andy Caspar is hilarious, brutal, absurd, outrageous, and mesmerizing -- as Po Bronson masterfully lays the computer industry open for all to see in the pages of this dazzling, utterly addictive novel." no reviews | add a review
In the basement of a distinguished research lab, Andy Caspar's engineering talents are being ignored. But his chance to become an Ironman appears when the chief engineer sets Andy up a long-neglected project - to design a computer that can sell for only $300. Matters then take a dangerous turn. No library descriptions found. |
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Some of the other reviewers said that the book glosses over the technical aspects of computers too much. I disagree. I don't think Bronson dumbed down the computer explanations as much as summarized them in normal language. Having a lot of technical info in this book would detract from the main thing, which is the story.
All in all, Bronson has written a fine book. The book has lots of twists and turns and is a page turned until the end. ( )