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The toxic sexist culture of Silicon Valley became a subject of Ellen Pao 's book, in which young woman tells about the darkest secrets of this business. The Book 'Reset ' has been acquired by Random House imprint Spiegel & Grau.

Ellen Pao signs the book deal for the memoir, in which she 's detailing the sexist culture of Silicon Valley. Pao has been working in Valley many years, first at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and then as interim CEO of Reddit. Quite a bright career as for the young professional, but the toxic culture of famous Silicon Valley made Ellen Pao speak it loud.

According to Pao, 'toxic culture that pervades the tech industry, ' and her words sound realistic. Ellen was the first woman, who decided to
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