Why more and more people leave Silicon Valley

The startup boom of recent years is increasingly called the new "dot-com boom", alluding to the first crisis in the high-tech industry, which happened in 2000. More and more people are leaving Silicon Valley, a stronghold of tech entrepreneurship. Vanity Fair has examined this issue in detail, writes the Internet portal ...

Former head of Google led the Pentagon's Innovation Council

The Pentagon's Innovation Council is chaired by Alphabet CEO Eric Schmidt, the former head of Google. Defense Secretary Ashton Carton on Wednesday named Schmidt as head of the Innovation Council, which will help the Pentagon keep up with the latest Silicon Valley ideas and apply them to the Department ...

Top 10 cities with the highest salary for IT specialists

For technical professions, Silicon Valley is still the most in demand. The Dice.com website analyzes the tech industry every year and determines how much IT professionals earn and in which regions they pay the highest salaries. In 2015, salaries of IT specialists increased by 7,7%. This is the biggest leap in ...

60 percent of women in Silicon Valley have been sexually harassed

More than 60% of women who work in Silicon Valley have experienced unwanted sexual advances. This is stated in a new study, “Elephant in the Valley,” the results of which were published on Monday, January 11. Approximately two-thirds of those surveyed said they had been harassed by their bosses.…

IT companies that praised and scolded in 2015

The popular portal about modern technologies FastCompany.com has compiled a list of American IT companies that performed the best at the end of 2015. In addition, a similar list was compiled consisting of Silicon Valley companies that, according to experts, should change a lot in their work in the next year. In the "good" rating...

Silicon Valley workers take LSD for greater efficacy.

Silicon Valley workers are taking small doses of LSD to boost their productivity, Rolling Stone reports. According to the publication, more and more employees of high-tech companies say that they are experimenting with minimal doses of psychedelic drugs. The minimum dose that allows some IT industry professionals to “perk up a little and increase their performance” is...

How to hire and fire in Airbnb, Facebook, Google and Zappos

It has long been known that large IT companies cherish and cherish their employees. In the invention of "goodies" some employers sometimes go to the point of ridiculousness. But the farthest along this path managed to come "unicorns" from Silicon Valley - a mecca of startups and technology entrepreneurship. Recruiters of an international company ...

The future is here. What surprises Silicon Valley

Here every day the impossible becomes possible. The Internet and iPhones were invented here, cars with autopilot that carry passengers themselves are already being sold here, and for several years they have been working on a project to send people to Mars. “Forum”, by the way, has already written about private initiative...

The story of a Silicon Valley programmer who lives in a trailer

Not all programmers have a sweet life, including the lucky ones who work in "silicon" IT companies like Apple and Uber. Some look at them with envy, imagining gorgeous offices, expensive cars and spacious houses. In fact, it all ends with ...

Five ideas for female business from Russian immigrant women

Immigration often has a very negative impact on women's careers, forcing them to abandon ambition and focus on caring for the family. “Forum” talked with Russian-speaking women in Silicon Valley, who preferred their business to work in IT. These ladies showed by their own example how you can earn ...

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