Silicon Valley

San Jose Museum of Art mission states that it“reflects the diversity of cultures and innovative spirit of the silicone valley through exhibatition programs scholarships and collection”. I checked the validity of this statement by meandering through recent exhibits list on the art museums website. I came across multiple exhibits that showcased the diversity in the Silicone valley. Thre Photography and Inherited History of India, which showcased from beginning of Febuary to the beginning of…

In his speech Steve Jobs explains that you should always trust in yourself to get you somewhere. He states in the beginning of the speech that “You have to trust in something— your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and It has made all the difference in my life.”(Dlugan, 2005). In that part he tells you to just believe in yourself because you never know where you're going to end up even if you wanted to be a teacher and you end up being a doctor. Your…

In this paper, I am going to list several factors, both external and internal, that account for the Silicon Valley’s gender gap and how they affect women in the work place. First, women’s greatest concerns in working or running start-up in Silicon Valley remain unsolved: lack of affordable child care, scarcity of mentors for younger women, sexual harassment for younger women and virulent ageism for elder women. Most women care a lot about their children; however, female professionals are facing…

Now that we know the whole story, let’s look at both sides of the coin. Sandra Bland was driving to her new job in Texas on July 10th, 2015. She was pulled over by state trooper Brian Encinia because of an “erratic lane change” on the busy highways of Texas in the middle of the day. In the video, yes there is a video, Officer Brian walks over to her car and tells her what he is pulling her over for, and asks for her license and registration. Everything is going fine and Sandra is cooperating…

You have probably heard that there is a growing problem with Silicon Valley startups. The typical excuses include valuations being too high, companies staying private too long and extraordinary burn rates. But one thing continues to be overlooked and that’s unit economics. Unit economics is a basic concept that looks at the direct revenues and cost associated with a particular business model. This is specifically expressed on a per unit basis and can resonate with businesses of all size, large…

when you guys were still in the old office, right at the integration was being announced. It was very early on and the purpose of that was to just find out about what this Silicon Image culture and it quickly became apparent within Silicon Image, their siting culture, and so now we are fast forwarding two years, and now it is Silicon Image, in Lattice and SiBEAM within this new big merged company. Chris: Yeah. Interviewer: James was giving me the update on what has been happening generally in…

of them. For this reason I decided to make The Peopling of Silicon Valley, 1940 to the Present Day an oral history. I wanted the people who lived the events to tell their stories. Although I lived a lot of the history of the Valley during the subject period, I realized the book would be better if I allowed a wide cross section of people to share their experiences as well. As I collected the stories, my own understanding of the Valley broadened, which confirmed this…

In fact, those who pursue wealth -- even if they do so successfully -- are generally less happy than those who do not pursue wealth. What is the cause and effect relationship between pursuing wealth and unhappiness? Interestingly, it is not materialism which causes unhappiness directly, but that unhappiness and materialism are mutually reinforcing mechanisms. He notes that people who have experienced true deprivation are those who, later in life, are the most materialistic -- for example,…

Lumin Abdur-Rashid Rhetorical Analysis The article “No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes On the Flying Car” written by John Markoff. The technology industry is constantly creating new things. An aerospace engineer, has piloted a flying car (Kitty Hawk Flyer) above a lake about 100 miles north of San Francisco. There are many positives and negatives to having the Kitty Hawk Flyer available in society. Markoff uses visuals to appeal to the reader, such that can catch the reader's attention…

Semiconductor devices have transformed the way that we live by making tasks easier and more efficient than before. By utilizing the opinions of different professionals in the field about their affect on society, I want to investigate the different aspects of semiconductor devices. The question of will the accumulation of both the positive and negative outputs of the semiconductor industry lead to the need of advancing technology that is independent of the semiconductor. This is important to me…