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Virtual Love (English Edition) Formato Kindle

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"The Lost Google Novel That Takes a Better Look at Tech Culture Than The Circle"
- Steven Levy in Wired Magazine

Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor, fictionalizes her own experience at Google to show how work and life need not be at war, but can reinforce each other. Virtual Love has been taught at a class called The Coming of Managerial Capitalism at the Harvard Business School, and enjoyed by readers around the world.

Virginia Libert's New York shrink thought she took the job at Google because he had cured her of all her neuroses; that she finally realized she needed to put some distance (2,955 miles) between herself and Mr. Wrong. But could any job, even a job at pre-IPO Google, save Virginia from her bad romance?

When she meets the sexy rancher supplying Google's cafes with organic lamb chops, Virginia thinks he might just be the ticket she needs to learn how to slow down and feel calmer in life. Meanwhile, a young employee seems to be going off the rails. How can she reach him, remind him of what really matters? To her surprise, she finds it's learning how to be a good boss, not dating a new man, that helps Virginia get her personal life in order.

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Kim Scott is the author of three novels, Virtual Love, The Househusband, and The Measurement Problem. She is currently writing a book on management and is an advisor at Dropbox, Twitter, and Qualtrics. Kim was a member of the faculty at Apple University from 2010-2012. She worked at Google from 2004-2010, where she ran AdSense, YouTube, and Doubleclick Online Sales and Operations. Earlier in her career, Kim co-founded Juice Software, a business intelligence and collaboration start-up. Kim also worked as a senior policy advisor at the FCC, and ran a pediatric clinic in Kosovo. Kim began her career in 1990 in Moscow, working first as an analyst on the Soviet Companies Fund, and then starting a diamond cutting factory. She is the mother of twins. --Questo testo si riferisce alla paperback edizione.

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Lorena

A great popcorn novel for a weekend

Recensito in Messico il 8 luglio 2019

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An engaging story that is fun, entertaining and educational at the same time

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Mark S

Is it fiction or autobiography ?

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 17 febbraio 2019

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So many details fit Ms S's own life (degree in Russian Lit, working in diamonds, HBS, Google etc) so it's a bit hard to know what's going on. Is it a thinly veiled telling of her own life or is she too lazy, or not able, to simply make stuff up ?

Still, it's a good read

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Jane Austin in Silicon Valley

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 25 novembre 2013

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Have you ever had a friend whose behavior so defies comprehension that if you were to put it in a novel you might have a hard time believing anyone could continue acting that way for so long? Has that "friend" ever been you? What is incomprehensible in a friend, in a novel can be simply unbelievable precisely because the character in the novel is not yet our friend, but just a human being whose flaws do not seem to explain her conduct. The beauty of this terrific novel is in the way the flawed narrator wins our friendship long before she overcomes her struggles and we come to accept her behavior whether or not it is believable, which is exactly the point. The author wants us to recognize the capacity of every human being to stretch the limits of credulity in their commitment to things that obviously are no good for them (thus the novel's frequent refrain: "Virginia, what is wrong with you?"), but more than that, the author wants us to learn to focus on the positive target. It doesn't matter what's wrong with our friend; what matters is our friendship for her.

The behavior at issue in Virtual Love is the narrator's habit of falling for the wrong guys, her inability to open her heart, and a general defensiveness toward her prospects when she is her own worst enemy. As the narrator confronts her late 30's still unsure if she wants or can have children, a career, a family and her own independent sense of self, we are treated to a comedic drama that will delight fans of Jane Austin. In this case, the Silicon Valley setting, with all its creative corporate flare, historical significance, and wealth generation, provides an excellent substitute for the drama, romance and fascination that attract us in Victorian England's class and gender divided social dynamics. Like Austin, Malone-Scott animates the dynamics of her heroine's struggle to evolve through a cast of well drawn characters, each of which occupies a unique moral position on the spectrum of choices the narrator must make. And like Austin, Malone Scott has a gift for portraying her heroine's inner confusion with an articulate voice that enlightens the reader. This is a fun, swift, but full-bodied book that effortlessly interweaves a variety of important social issues, new technology, and popular culture themes in a way that is not tangential but a vital part of the narrator's quest for love. You'll come away with new affection for our moment and energized by the way the story ends.

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Dave

Took a while to get into it, but it's a fun read

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 8 novembre 2013

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I took a while to warm to our protagonist, who intially comes across as a rather neurotic Sex In The City character, but the story warmed up once we got under the Californian sunshine. The insights into Google and the tidbits of management technique (not to mention the daunting full-on work ethic) help round out what is essentially a chick lit story; Woman prevaricates between 3 potential suitors while grappling with the issue of having vs not having children.

An enjoyable read, and certainly one that deserved to be published (finally). I read it straight after reading The Circle, so that fictional back story made the Google detail all the more interesting. I probably would have found it more 'relevent' had I been a woman or a SITC-loving kind of male, but I would still recommend it.

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Gemma

A really good read if you're intrigued by Google

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 17 novembre 2013

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A nice, humanistic view into how Google runs and works as a company in Silicon Valley.

The character story is great too, and makes it even more of an interesting read.

The lion and monkey scene was ridiculously interesting.

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