A coming of age story of a lady who lands herself a role in the startupland.  It deals with the anxieties, panic, struggle of a nontechnical woman working in tech startups.  The author skillfully weaves in her commentary on the startup culture in the Silicon Valley and its impact on the city of San Francisco while narrating her personal journey of four years in tech. 

They say that fish cannot see water but Anna Wiener is an outsider –  to the city as well as the tech world  – and hence is able to make acute observations of the startup lifestyle and its inherent shortcomings. 

The last few pages of the book descend into what seems like a general rant about the startup ecosystem, its failings and the false perception of the participants that tech and money can solve all of the problems in society.  But still the book holds a mirror to this world and is recommended for anyone seeking to understand the vocabulary and texture of the Silicon Valley.