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App kid : how a child of immigrants grabbed a piece of the American dream / Michael Sayman.

Sayman, Michael, 1996- (author.).

Summary:

"An inspiring and deeply personal coming of age memoir from one of Silicon Valley’s youngest entrepreneurs—a second-generation Latino immigrant who taught himself how to code as a thirteen-year-old and went on to claim his share of the American dream." -- inside front jacket flap.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525656197
  • ISBN: 0525656197
  • Physical Description: vi, 296 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi Book" -- Title page verso.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- The American dream -- The penguin whisperer -- Growing pains -- Stress pains -- Stress tests -- Up with 4 snaps -- Now that I've built it, will they come? -- Big in Peru -- Meeting Mark Zuckerberg -- Bye, Belen -- The countdown starts now -- All set? -- Shine or fail -- Bitter/Sweet independence -- Diversity training -- Out on a limb -- Gut intuition -- Baby code monsters -- A "surprise" family visit -- This humbling lifestage -- Serendipity -- Blond ambition -- The day of seven interviews -- Offers of a lifetime -- I kissed a boy -- Twenty-one -- The noogler -- That Christmas feeling -- Unblocked -- Blue eyes and purple flowers -- Diving blind -- Adulting -- "Soy gay" -- Area 120 -- Thankful -- Epilogue.

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Sayman, Michael, 1996-
Computer programmers > United States > Biography.
Hispanic Americans > Biography.
Smartphones > Programming > Anecdotes.
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Autobiographies.
Anecdotes.
Biographies.

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