Try Knocking Again

Pei Meng is a coding prodigy—brilliant backend developer, tall, fair-skinned, and somehow not balding despite the programmer life. But there's one fatal flaw: she has zero filter. Turn down dinner for a Sony game showcase? Check. Tell a coworker their expensive bag clashes with their skin tone? Absolutely. Shut down a business partner mid-schmooze? Without hesitation. Her technical skills are unmatched, but her brutal honesty leaves her isolated in the cutthroat world of tech startups. In an industry built on networking and sweet-talking clients, can someone this refreshingly blunt survive—or…