De-Bug

No shuttle buses here: <i>De-Bug</i>, a new collection of true stories from the social justice organization of the same name, shows a side of working in Silicon Valley that you won&apos;t read about in the business section. As tech moguls land the cover of Forbes, the South Bay&apos;s working class is making ends meet as metal scrappers, factory workers, club bouncers, hairstylists, rickshaw drivers, ice cream cart pushers. The stories in <i>De-Bug</i> are poignant, often very funny accounts of bootstrapping in the land of angel investors and thought leaders. A construction worker predicts which of his customers are about to strike it rich and which are on the edge of bankruptcy based on the states of their swimming pools. A &ldquo;secondhand hustler&rdquo; travels the garage sale-flea market circuit in search of treasures to resell online. A temp worker at a medical device manufacturer sells his blood, at the company&apos;s request, to test the equipment. These storytellers are frank when discussing their own flaws, but are equally up-front about the rigged system in which they operate.