The P.I.G. Mantras: How a Working Girl Deals with Five Bosses in the Corporate World of Silicon Valley

By Romina Wilcox

When Maite Burns, barely twenty years old, realizes that shell have to get a job to support her husband, she doesnt hesitate. Hes the love of her life, and she will do anything to protect their marriage. Determined to prove that she can become a respected career woman without traditional qualifications, she drops out of junior college and jumps head-first into the highly educated, highly motivated workplace of Silicon Valley. She is hired as an administrative assistant temp, and from there, she tackles endless trials and tribulations as well as anxiety, self-doubt, and persistent fear of failure to rise through the ranks. Maite draws strength and inspiration from the words of successful women, while dealing with the vagaries of five unique, demanding bosses and their extensive staffs. The cutthroat world of Silicon Valley wont guide or support her but she is mentored by the extraordinary women she admires, from Eleanor Roosevelt and Bette Davis to Vera Wang and Nancy Reagan.Humorous, poignant, and honest, The P.I.G. Mantras offers a glimpse of the inside world of a tenacious, successful woman who finds out that the better she gets, the more she understands how much better she is capable of being. Come to Silicon Valley with Maite and learn The P.I.G. Mantras!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1432792903
• ISBN13: 9781432792909
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"