How Halt And Catch Fire Is Taking On Sexism In The Tech Industry

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Wed, 07/29/2015 - 2:05am

As the second season of Halt and Catch Fire draws to a close on Aug. 2, the AMC drama — about a 1980s-era band of misfit programmers attempting to bootstrap their online gaming-social networking startup — has definitely caught fire with fans like Jason Hirschhorn. Hirschhorn, a former co-president of MySpace, finds plenty that rings true in this season's storyline, which has tried to re-create the breakneck pace of startup life.

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