Abolishing Silicon Valley: Wendy Liu

To many, working at Google is a "dream job," but when they get there, few find that their idealistic perspectives are reflected. As the tech industry as a whole keeps inflating in size, both Goliath corporations and the millions being funneled into startups have been exposed for their harmless philosophies and questionable practices. 

Wendy Liu is a former startup CTO and published author of Abolish Silicon Valley. After graduating from McGill in 2013, Wendy abandoned a full-time role at Google to lead technology at her startup Macromeasures, but came out of the experience with key insights on how tech exacerbates inequality and illusion. Since then, Wendy got a masters in Economics and recently took on a role at Open Door Legal, a nonprofit providing legal support for the underprivileged. In this episode, we'll be diving into Wendy's takeaways from the tech industry, and why it drew her away.