Anna Wiener is an American writer, best known for her 2020 memoir Uncanny Valley. Wiener currently writes for The New Yorker as a tech correspondent.[1]
Wiener grew up in Brooklyn[2] and attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT.[3] She worked in the tech sector in San Francisco in an attempt to find a career path with more "momentum" than the book publishing industry, where she was previously employed.[4][5] Interested in data, particularly the way in which it could be used to tell stories,[5] she worked for the analytics startup Mixpanel and GitHub,[6] and befriended Stripe CEO Patrick Collison.[7] Her book, Uncanny Valley, never mentions the names of the companies she worked at or interacted with, though she often describes their products and corporate cultures in sufficient detail for the reader to deduce what they are.[6] After several years in San Francisco, she left the tech industry for several reasons, including its lack of response to the classified information released by Edward Snowden and a wider disillusionment with the corporate culture and sexism present therein.[8]
Wiener, Anna (January 4–11, 2021). "You've got mail : the newsletter service Substack claims to be the future of media. Is it a future we want?". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 96 (43): 70–76.[a]
Westenfeld, Adrienne (14 January 2020). "Anna Wiener Dissects the Brain Rot of Big Tech in Her Searing New Memoir". Esquire. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
Saini, Angela (2020-01-26). "Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener review – bullies, greed and sexism in Silicon Valley". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
Ghaffary, Shirin (2020-01-17). "Things can get "really bad, really quickly" when a 24-year-old runs a company". Vox. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
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Notes
^Online version is titled "Is Substack the media future we want?".
^"Aural Wes on Fader: Wesleyan's Breakout Bands". 23 December 2008. from the original on 2011-01-06.
^Wiener, Anna (19 September 2019). "Four Years in Startups". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ abSimon, Scott (11 January 2020). "Living An Everyday Life Amid The Disrupters In 'Uncanny Valley'". NPR. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ abKois, Dan (January 7, 2020). "A Complete Guide to the Handful of Proper Nouns Anna Wiener Uses in Uncanny Valley". Slate. from the original on March 21, 2020.
^Tiffany, Kaitlyn (2020-01-14). "Why Normal People Want to Work in Silicon Valley". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
^Todd, Sarah (11 January 2020). ""There's a deep sadness to it": A new book takes on masculinity in Silicon Valley". NPR. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^"Contributors". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
External linksedit
Official website
Constance Grady, Uncanny Valley author Anna Wiener on the stories tech companies tell themselves Vox, Feb 3, 2020
Pete Tosiello, Silicon Valley Hustling: An Interview with Anna Wiener, Paris Review, January 9, 2020
January 01, 1970
anna, wiener, american, writer, best, known, 2020, memoir, uncanny, valley, wiener, currently, writes, yorker, tech, correspondent, nationalityamericanalma, materwesleyan, universitygenrenon, fiction, memoirnotable, worksuncanny, valley, memoiremployerthe, yor. Anna Wiener is an American writer best known for her 2020 memoir Uncanny Valley Wiener currently writes for The New Yorker as a tech correspondent 1 Anna WienerNationalityAmericanAlma materWesleyan UniversityGenreNon fiction memoirNotable worksUncanny Valley A MemoirEmployerThe New Yorker Contents 1 Life 2 Bibliography 2 1 Books 2 2 Essays and reporting 2 3 Critical studies and reviews of Wiener s work 3 References 4 External linksLife editWiener grew up in Brooklyn 2 and attended Wesleyan University in Middletown CT 3 She worked in the tech sector in San Francisco in an attempt to find a career path with more momentum than the book publishing industry where she was previously employed 4 5 Interested in data particularly the way in which it could be used to tell stories 5 she worked for the analytics startup Mixpanel and GitHub 6 and befriended Stripe CEO Patrick Collison 7 Her book Uncanny Valley never mentions the names of the companies she worked at or interacted with though she often describes their products and corporate cultures in sufficient detail for the reader to deduce what they are 6 After several years in San Francisco she left the tech industry for several reasons including its lack of response to the classified information released by Edward Snowden and a wider disillusionment with the corporate culture and sexism present therein 8 Since leaving tech Wiener has been writing about Silicon Valley for The New Republic n 1 Atlantic and others citation needed She is a contributing writer to The New Yorker 9 Bibliography editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items September 2023 Books edit Wiener Anna 2020 Uncanny valley a memoir New York MCD Farrar Straus and Giroux Essays and reporting edit Wiener Anna January 4 11 2021 You ve got mail the newsletter service Substack claims to be the future of media Is it a future we want The Critics A Critic at Large The New Yorker 96 43 70 76 a Critical studies and reviews of Wiener s work edit Uncanny valley Muhammad Ismail 2019 12 22 Inside Tech s Fever Dream The Atlantic Retrieved 2020 02 18 Westenfeld Adrienne 14 January 2020 Anna Wiener Dissects the Brain Rot of Big Tech in Her Searing New Memoir Esquire Retrieved 5 February 2020 Saini Angela 2020 01 26 Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener review bullies greed and sexism in Silicon Valley The Observer ISSN 0029 7712 Retrieved 2020 02 18 Ghaffary Shirin 2020 01 17 Things can get really bad really quickly when a 24 year old runs a company Vox Retrieved 2020 02 18 Notes Online version is titled Is Substack the media future we want References edit Anna Wiener newyorker com About Anna Wiener Retrieved 2020 03 15 Aural Wes on Fader Wesleyan s Breakout Bands 23 December 2008 Archived from the original on 2011 01 06 Wiener Anna 19 September 2019 Four Years in Startups The New Yorker Conde Nast Retrieved 24 September 2022 a b Simon Scott 11 January 2020 Living An Everyday Life Amid The Disrupters In Uncanny Valley NPR Retrieved 5 February 2020 a b Kois Dan January 7 2020 A Complete Guide to the Handful of Proper Nouns Anna Wiener Uses in Uncanny Valley Slate Archived from the original on March 21 2020 Tiffany Kaitlyn 2020 01 14 Why Normal People Want to Work in Silicon Valley The Atlantic Retrieved 2020 03 15 Todd Sarah 11 January 2020 There s a deep sadness to it A new book takes on masculinity in Silicon Valley NPR Retrieved 5 February 2020 Contributors The New Yorker Retrieved 2023 12 18 External links editOfficial website nbsp Constance Grady Uncanny Valley author Anna Wiener on the stories tech companies tell themselves Vox Feb 3 2020 Pete Tosiello Silicon Valley Hustling An Interview with Anna Wiener Paris Review January 9 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anna Wiener amp oldid 1222473042, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
