It's a shame that Martínez is such an insufferable, sexist man, because he really does have a talent for entertaining nonfiction writing. This book was billed as inside look at Facebook, but it's really a memoir about Martínez's personal career in tech. The first half of the book concerns his short stint at the ill-fated tech company Adchemy, and then his efforts to start a company and go through Y Combinator with two of his buddies. He doesn't even begin work at Facebook until the halfway mark, around page 250, and what he does describe at Facebook is mostly related to the few teams he worked on as opposed to the organization as a whole.

Unfortunately, Martínez lacks the self-awareness and critical eye he claims to have to actually make this an insightful read. He says he's critical of the tech world, when in fact all 500 pages of this book are an exercise in how deeply he has bought into the Silicon Valley ethos. He may be disillusioned with Facebook specifically, but he still believes in the tech world, and most of all himself. His sexist, sometimes degrading comments towards female coworkers and bosses were untenable, and he generally came across as obnoxious, pretentious man who embodies basically every stereotype of tech bros you can think of.