14 reasons that Silicon Valley, a burst-and-drama drama depicting startup growth with comedy touch, will also push the real IT industry

Richard Hendricks, a programmer who is not even an "otaku", is recognized as being one of the "compression algorithms written with innovative code" one day for the music tool that he was developing, and his own startup "Paid · Piper "will be launched. Along with the geek launch members gathered there, the drama that the startup growth is drawn with slapstick comedy is "Silicon Valley"It has already been broadcasted until the season 3. Broadcasting of the latest "Season 4" started in the United States and is calling popularity as a different-color IT drama, but the person who works in the technology industry such as real Silicon Valley for the production in the play is also convincing Business Insider explains what it is.

How HBO's 'Silicon Valley' gets real tech industry right - Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/hbo-silicon-valley-gets-real-tech-industry-right-2017-4/

The trailer of the season 1 of the drama "Silicon Valley" can be seen from the following page.

Silicon Valley: Season 1 Trailer Clip | Hulu
http://www.hulu.jp/watch/945798

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◆ 01: I am pursuing reality to details
In the drama "Silicon Valley", it seems that the details that are unique to the locale are packed enough to feel that it is "too real". People who live in San Francisco talk of Silicon Valley saying, "It looks like a drama rather than a comedy."


◆ 02: Set to make Google a real IT company
The office of the IT company appearing in the play is made like a workplace such as Google, and the office of the hypothetical company "Hooli" is thought to be the motif of "Google Y" office .


◆ 03: Imitating floating sales of child children
Hooli 's office has a ridiculously luxurious kitchen, but this is imitating a startup that was at the height of happiness at the actual Silicon Valley.


◆ 04: A parody of Facebook motto appears
On the posters of the office appearing in the play is written "BREAK FAST AND EAT THINGS" (things will change as soon as possible), but this is the motto actually used on Facebook "Move Fast and Break Things (quick action changes things) "is considered a parody.


◆ 05: Wrappers at geek party
A Silicon Valley giant company "Raviga" hostile to Hooli in season 1 will have a party and as a guestFlow riderWill appear. It may seem unnatural that a rapper will appear at a technology otaku party, but this production is "100% truth" according to Business Insider. Actually as an after party for Salesforce, as a guestM.C. HammerIs known to appear.


◆ 06: Music compression tool revolutionized file compression algorithm
Richard Hendricks, the main character, was working on Hooli, developing a tool that can compress and manage music files individually. Although Richard only assumed its use as a "music tool", it turns out that its compression algorithm is a revolutionary thing unprecedented in the world and will launch its own startup. This transformation flow itself draws out the everyday of Silicon Valley well.


As an example above, the chat application "Slack" with an evaluation value of 3.8 billion dollars (about 419 billion yen) was originally developed as a tool of MMORPG called "Glitch". Glitch is gone, Slack is gaining popularity as a business-oriented chat application.


◆ 07: "Incubator" where investors assist young developers
Investor Arik Bachmann, one of the main characters, operates an "incubator" that provides young developers with home residential space and development space without charge. The main character Richard will start up his own startup "Pied Piper" with the help of this incubator. There is actually a mechanism like an incubator of Arik, for example, Dropbox is a startup that got up from the "Y incubator" incubator program. However, the real incubator program not only provides housing and development space like Aaric, but there are many active programs including guidance by lecturers.


◆ 08: Real software development method is adopted in the play
In the play, as an idea for the development team to smoothly advance the platform development, the real development method "ScrumThere is a scene where "method" is adopted. In addition, although there are "stand-up meetings" that the development team concentrates on meetings in a short period of time, everyone stands up and makes their own reports, but even in the drama "Silicon Valley", the developers of the characters We can see scenes where we can talk about the development situation while we stand.


◆ 09: People who integrated the real Silicon Valley CEO
Hooli's CEO Gavin Belson, which is portrayed as the main enemy company of the drama "Silicon Valley", is a person who expressed many CEOs that exist in Silicon Valley. For example, Gavin gives spiritual advice "GuruI have gained a great deal of trust in "Salesforce Chairman and CEOMark · BenioffMr. is also known to trust Gur as well.


◆ 10: The main character is chased after the position of CEO
In season 3, Richard, the hero's own startup, Paid Piper, will be chased by the majority vote of the management team as a "leadership deficit" as CEO's position. The event "to be expelled from my company" is what happens even in actual Silicon Valley, the most known example is Steve Jobs who kicked out Apple.

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◆ 11: Foreign developer working in an American company
Bertram Gilfoil, a member of Pied Piper, is a Canadian citizen working on a work visa received from Pied Piper. "Employing a foreigner by a work visa" is also common in actual Silicon Valley, so many high-tech companies are sponsoring the acquisition of foreign workers' visas with high skills.


◆ 12: Macho programmer
In Hooli there is a rugged developer called "brogrammer" enrolled, but this is a phenomenon that is occurring in real Silicon Valley companies such as Uber. And as the image of "developer = otaku" faded, it is also contributing to the creation of a culture in which Silicon Valley T-shirts and Parker pass as "business casual".


◆ 13: Can Season 4 be a historical change like Android
In the last season of the season 3 in which the platform of compression algorithm continued sluggish, it was found that the video application personally developed by Dynesch · Chugtai who is a member of Paid · Piper is suitable for compression algorithm, A transformation was drawn. As a historical precedent, Android was originally launched as a digital camera software, it realized that it was suitable for mobile OS later, and it was acquired by Google as a result of the change of direction.

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◆ 14: Only 7% of female investors active in actual Silicon Valley
Although it is a drama "Silicon Valley" reflecting various circumstances of actual Silicon Valley with comedy touch, it is said that female casting is not realistic. Female investors of venture capital and their subordinates are appointed to the board of directors of Pied Piper, but in fact, the proportion of female investors in Silicon Valley is 7%. According to Business Insider, the workers of Silicon Valley still seem to be male majority, as it says, "It is not unnatural to make all casts to men."