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Author Sayman, Michael, 1996- author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 SAYMAN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B SAYMAN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B SAYMAN, MICHAEL    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B SAYMAN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Biography  B-SAYMAN SAY    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B SAYMAN, M.    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B SAYMAN MICHAEL S    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description vi, 296 pages ; 22 cm
Note "This is a Borzoi Book" -- Title page verso.
Contents The American dream -- The penguin whisperer -- Growing 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 -- Offer 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.
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.
"A memoir from one of the most extraordinary entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, who taught himself how to code as a thirteen-year-old and claimed his share of the American Dream"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Sayman, Michael, 1996-
Computer programmers -- United States -- Biography.
Hispanic Americans -- Biography.
Smartphones -- Programming -- Anecdotes.
Computer programmers. (OCoLC)fst00872382
Hispanic Americans. (OCoLC)fst00957523
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Autobiographies.
Anecdotes.
Other Form: Online version: Sayman, Michael, 1996- App kid New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. 9780525656203 (DLC) 2020044836
ISBN 9780525656197 (hardcover)
0525656197 (hardcover)
9780525656203 (ebook)
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