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Is this show really good? is it boring? need advice


My cousin wants me to watch this but i dunno if i want to, it just looks kinda boring about some tech people working on a computer. I dunno, i don't wanna start watching this and be put to sleep by some tech lingo and shit i don't understand.

Is the show interesting? is it for someone who doesn't really know a bunch about computers and tech talk?

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Season 1 is pretty good for what it is , you are supposed to not know anything and just fantasize you're at Comdex in 1983 and are some genius coder or something. It's a drama too so you got all the relationships and stuff.

If you have no interest in technology history or technology in general, I could see just looking at it and thinking, this is just another boring show.

Try watching Pirates of Silicon Valley movie (not the HBO dramedy) if you want to get nerdy, then see if this show interests you later down the line.

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don't bother,
it's way more melodrama than tech, & seriously takes some wild liberties to what happened in the tech industry after season 1,
last season was a real slog to get thru,
some talented actors here...but more soap opera than engaging drama

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