De-bug
Subtitle: voices from the underside of Silicon Valley
By: edited by Raj Jayadev and Jean Melesaine
Publisher: Heyday
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9781597143196
Subjects: Service industries workers; Service industries
Description: A collection of true stories from the social justice organization of the same name shows a side of working in Silicon Valley that you won't read about in the business section. As tech moguls land the cover of Forbes, the South Bay's working class is making ends meet as metal scrappers, factory workers, club bouncers, hairstylists, rickshaw drivers, ice cream cart pushers. The stories in De-Bug are poignant, often very funny accounts of bootstrapping in the land of angel investors and thought leaders.
Table of contents: title: Angel Luna, El paletero; title: Daniel Zapien, Reflections of a pool builder; title: Anthony King, Addiction and redemption in Silicon Valley; title: Kalizay, Turning metal into money; title: Fernando Perez, Second-hand hustlin' in Silicon Valley; title: Justin Collins, The tao of hustle; title: Tameeka Bennett, Lyfting up my income; title: Said Farah, Driving a rickshaw in San Jose; title: Mike Sandoval, Riding the row; title: Edward Nieto, The sign; title: Ali Rahnoma, Confessions of a cell phone salesman; title: Cecilia Chavez, Cleaning up the valley under the table; title: Jean Melesaine, New booty at Walmart; title: Dazel Valadez, Eulogy to my mall job; title: Mike Nice, Sometimes it's fun, sometimes there's blood; title: Alex Gutierrez, Working at the porn shop; title: Yaveth Gomez, Living in my car; title: Lamar Williams, Young, black, and homeless in San Jose; title: Alex Gutierrez, Motel 22; title: Andrew Bigelow, Gold out west; title: Shana White, Don't call me lunch lady; title: Cesar Flores, Serving up Silicon Valley; title: Adrian Avila, America, mom, and BBQ; title: Cecilia Chavez, To those who may hire my dad in the parking lot; title: Gabriel, Undocumented and unseen; title: Angel Luna, America is in me, and so is my accent; title: David Madrid, Translating at Target; title: Victor Saldana, Once a temp, always a temp; title: Edward Nieto, Blood-sucking machines; title: Edward Nieto, Brave new field; title: Angel Luna, Trade school scams; title: Shamako Noble, The elevator; title: Irene, I used to lay people off, then it happened to me; title: Tom Dearborne, Finding work after thirty-four years in prison; title: Alex Gutierrez, Rebirth through finding a new job; title: Houng Nguyen, Mama's salon brings me the world; title: Liz Gonzales, The connected spirit.