The creator, Mike Judge, was actually a Silicon Valley software engineer, albeit very briefly and in the 80s. That’s where some of the ideas for Office Space came from as well.

My take is that it’s accurate enough. They touch on thing a that are real and then blow them out of proportion for humor.

the author of this book worked at github for years. She's not an outsider.

Saw that too and was worried folks would think I was implying otherwise, like GP. Just commenting on Judge.

It’s pretty accurate but my biggest problem with it is that it’s not funny. It might be funny to people outside Silicon Valley itself but it’s so close to real life I don’t find it funny at all.

This is what I've heard. I didn't watch Girls because I knew too many women that behaved like them, and I couldn't watch Silicon Valley because my few experiences with SV people/companies were very similar.

I don't want to spend time with those people in real life, so the humor has to be very absurd to get me past my initial feeling of repulsion.

It was comedy, and I took it as such. The writers did a good job of poking fun at Silicon Valley while making relatable characters. I can't speak to its accuracy, since I haven't worked in Silicon Valley for a long time.

What did you think of it?

The author of the book had more experience in Silicon Valley than the creators of Silicon Valley did...

I haven't lived/worked in SV, but have hated my limited experiences dealing with the culture there.

I have been told (and seen many times on HN) that the show is closer to a documentary than a satire. That's anecdata, obviously.

It reminds me of the (satirical) show Veep, which had to rewrite an entire season because it was too similar to what the actual US White House had done.