

Sophia of Silicon Valley
A Novel
Author: Anna Yen
Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller
Unabridged: 10 hr 59 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 04/10/2018
Author: Anna Yen
Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller
Unabridged: 10 hr 59 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 04/10/2018
Anna Yen has worked at a wide range of tech companies. She spearheaded investor relations for industry leaders such as Tesla Motors, Market Watch, and Pixar Animations Studios, and reported directly to some of Silicon Valley's most respected leaders. She has co-founded several tech start-ups and is currently Managing Director at Ellipsis, an investor relations firm. She lives in San Francisco.
This is a quirky, contemporary story featuring a young Asian professional working in the technological world of Silicon Valley. Sophia is a recent graduate who becomes employed by the greatest people in the field. Her first boss Scott has a fictional resemblance to Steve Jobs, while her second boss'......more
This book was presented to me as a novel about a woman taking on the sexist boys’ club of Silicon Valley. Mainly it’s a lightly fictionalized memoir about a woman justifying to everyone around her why she wants to please Steve Jobs/Elon Musk and then becoming powerful enough to verbally abuse the wo......more
I won a free ARC of this book in a Goodreads giveaway. Your mileage may vary … Sophia Young is the daughter of Taiwanese immigrant parents who manages to be working for Steve Jobs as Pixar’s first animated feature is released, and for Elon Musk at the debut of the Tesla. This is a fictionalized versi......more
Being a young female in an industry that is also male dominated (finance/investment banking), it was so interesting to follow Sophia’s journey in Silicon Valley alongside her. As Sophia grows and changes, I saw so many experiences and thought patterns that crossed my life in my early 20s and I have......more
This breezy read reminded me of a combo of “Where’d You Go Bernadette” and “Crazy Rich Asians.” It’s the Cinderella story with Prada boots and a ball gown in Silicon Valley. Part memoir mingled with a little fiction, brassy Sophia is a Chinese American graduate who has the moxie and the smarts to ju......more