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Podcast: Decoder with Nilay Patel
Episode: Recode Decode: How to succeed in tech: Be lucky and ruthless
Description: Author Corey Pein talks with Recodeâs Kara Swisher about his new book, âLive Work Work Work Die: A Journey Into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley.â Pein moved to San Francisco to report the book, assuming the role of an entrepreneur looking to get rich quick; he learned the hard way that success doesnât come easy, even for white men with Ivy League degrees. He criticizes the way consumers have become unpaid workers for the big tech platforms and explains why the government needs to step in and limit companies that have become more powerful than many countrie...