By recasting geekdom as an extension of the frat house, she believes, brogrammers are encouraging guys who might have headed to Wall Street to consider Silicon Valley. But if inclusion is the goal ...

Start-ups are fighting a war for talent in Silicon Valley, and the companies that actively welcome men and women are going to win it. Smart companies don’t recruit “brogrammers.” The term ...

In particular, the fast-growing company is after talented developers—computer programmers—a scarce and valuable commodity in Silicon Valley today. The ad certainly leaves an impression.

So how is it that Zymergen, a 272-person start-up in Emeryville, California, has built a technical team that is one-third female at a time when much of Silicon Valley is grappling with questions ...

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the fictional characters embody the worst traits of brogrammers, wantrepreneurs, and VC sociopaths. Silicon Valley is nearly a simulacrum of Sand Hill Road, or as the CEO of Snapchat described it ...

“Silicon Valley” follows Richard Hendricks ... where the show’s protagonist works; dilettante “brogrammers,” who are only in it for the money rather than the love of coding; and the ...

On the one hand there are those who say Lyons' depiction of Silicon Valley startups is right on the money ... As I listened to Lyons' talk, I asked a long time colleague who left the Valley a few ...