Silicon Valley

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…

the next several months all my father did was teach himself computer coding, programming and of course, the English language. This is the first time I’ve had to put these words on paper and I’ve never been so grateful to be writing this in the Silicon Valley – the heart of the tech…

suggests that an effective utilisation of resources is imperative for a share economy business to solve problems by determining objectives and measuring success to determine feasibility. A study of Airbnb’s business model reveals funding from Silicon Valley investors such as Google and Facebook resulting in long-time operation periods and increased revenue (Kenontek 2014, para. 11). This is shown through Airbnb valuing at $10 billion, significantly higher than top tiered hotel chains such as…

these Chinese population immigrants have came since 2008. Most of these Chinese immigrants were from high income background in China, so they had certain degree of financial abilities. Some of them brought their money and started new businesses in Silicon Valley, home to many of the world 's largest high-tech corporations and thousands of startup companies. These new companies created more than 13% of the new jobs in bay area(3). Also, real estate market in San Francisco Bay Area was one of the…

It’s been four years since I came from Pakistan, and my thinking about higher education has drastically changed. In Pakistan the only people who got “educated” were rich people as they could afford the expensive tuition fees. Getting an education in Pakistan meant going above the standards and receiving a status. A college graduate would receive more respect in the job place as compared to person with just a high school diploma working there for years. Unfortunately in Pakistan we…

San Francisco 2.0: A Rhetorical Analysis San Francisco 2.0 is an HBO documentary film by award-winning documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi. Alexandra Pelosi is an American journalist and documentary filmmaker based out of Manhattan that was born in San Francisco. In the film, she explores the effects of gentrification and the widening wage gap caused by the tech industry on certain demographics and neighborhoods in the city. She interviews people caught on both sides of these issues like…

Jobs who gave him the name of Steven Paul Jobs. Clara, his adoptive mother, was an accountant, while Paul was a Coast Guard veteran and machinist. (www.biography.com) The family lived in Mountain View, California or as it would later be called Silicon Valley. As a child Steve and his father would work on electronics in their garage. Steve Jobs was always a very intelligent person, while in school his teachers wanted to skip him a couple of grades straight into high school but his parents…

The Evolution Of Drone Regulations By Rakesh Sharma | November 3, 2015 — 10:16 PM EST Share As drones become popular and find a wide variety of consumer and commercial operations, drone regulations are also taking flight. Several countries have already formalized or are in the process of formalizing rules and laws relating to drone operations. In turn, these new laws could pave the way for a thriving market in drones. (For more, see How Drones Are Changing The Business World.) Why Drone…

American cars couldn’t keep up with the unique European cars. The auto industry isn’t the only place where creativity useful in order to make money and be successful. Creativity is also a necessity in the world of technology, as seen in California’s Silicon Valley. This area started out in the 1980’s and slowly grew into one of the greatest hubs for computer software and groundbreaking websites in the world. Major companies such as Apple, Google, Yahoo!, and eBay are based out of the area, and…

Apple was started by two friends who met high school who were both interested in electronics, Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs. Both had been working in Silicon Valley; Wozniak at Hewlett-Packard and Jobs at Atari. In 1976, while dabbling in computer design, Steven Wozniak created what would be known as Apple 1. While Jobs was a man of the future, he insisted that Wozniak, sell the computer and April 1, 1976, Apple was born. By 1977, Apple II was debuted at a local trade show and by 1980 Apple…