After landing his dream job at a high-profile tech firm, a recent Ivy League graduate discovers the shallowness of the corporate world.
After graduating Harvard, Vic scores a job at tech empire SHOW. During his quest for fortune and happiness, he falls into a shady world of sex, drugs, and swindle. He soon realizes that the tech world is just as greedy and manipulative as Wall Street, so he must decide whether instant success is worth the hallow lifestyle that follows.
The story opens with recent Harvard graduate, VIC on a plane from Los Angeles to San Francisco to start his new job at the world’s largest tech company, SHOW. He spends the weekend in a hotel before starting the following Monday.
When Vic arrives at SHOW headquarters, …show more content…
Afterwards, he moves into a new apartment and reveals his former roommate at Harvard, DANIEL was starting at SHOW the next week. Vic finishes training and, after a brief setback, begins to excel in building his advertising portfolio. A few weeks later, he receives a company wide email from the CEO, TIM NELSON with the subject “Leakers get fired.” Vic goes out with his colleagues to celebrate Halloween and Vic discovers that two drug dealers run their own little empire within the company.
During the SHOW Christmas party, Vic starts to realize that he is becoming cynical after he receives a brand new iPhone as a company gift. Afterwards, he sleeps with his coworker CHLOE. He flies home to LA for the holidays. He visits John’s grave with his friend CHRIS. His father flies in from New York and tells him that he should be careful not to marry his …show more content…
However, very little of the premise’s dramatic intrigue comes through on the page. The story lacks edge and fails to fully examine the inner workings of the institution it is exploring. For example, Vic describes CEO Tim Nelson as being a “god on stage” but the reader never gets to hear his voice or experience his personality. Even Vic does not make a convincing argument because he goes directly back to his hotel room after Nelson’s speech. The aura of this exclusive, all-powerful tech giant and the shady secret lives of its employees should have been one of the huge selling points for this story, but instead it becomes merely a footnote in the story of a whiny Millennial’s year long
After graduating Harvard, Vic scores a job at tech empire SHOW. During his quest for fortune and happiness, he falls into a shady world of sex, drugs, and swindle. He soon realizes that the tech world is just as greedy and manipulative as Wall Street, so he must decide whether instant success is worth the hallow lifestyle that follows.
The story opens with recent Harvard graduate, VIC on a plane from Los Angeles to San Francisco to start his new job at the world’s largest tech company, SHOW. He spends the weekend in a hotel before starting the following Monday.
When Vic arrives at SHOW headquarters, …show more content…
Afterwards, he moves into a new apartment and reveals his former roommate at Harvard, DANIEL was starting at SHOW the next week. Vic finishes training and, after a brief setback, begins to excel in building his advertising portfolio. A few weeks later, he receives a company wide email from the CEO, TIM NELSON with the subject “Leakers get fired.” Vic goes out with his colleagues to celebrate Halloween and Vic discovers that two drug dealers run their own little empire within the company.
During the SHOW Christmas party, Vic starts to realize that he is becoming cynical after he receives a brand new iPhone as a company gift. Afterwards, he sleeps with his coworker CHLOE. He flies home to LA for the holidays. He visits John’s grave with his friend CHRIS. His father flies in from New York and tells him that he should be careful not to marry his …show more content…
However, very little of the premise’s dramatic intrigue comes through on the page. The story lacks edge and fails to fully examine the inner workings of the institution it is exploring. For example, Vic describes CEO Tim Nelson as being a “god on stage” but the reader never gets to hear his voice or experience his personality. Even Vic does not make a convincing argument because he goes directly back to his hotel room after Nelson’s speech. The aura of this exclusive, all-powerful tech giant and the shady secret lives of its employees should have been one of the huge selling points for this story, but instead it becomes merely a footnote in the story of a whiny Millennial’s year long