Mike Judge's Secrets To Exquisitely Skewering Silicon Valley

The former engineer spills on the creative process behind Silicon Valley, the show.

Silicon Valley creator and executive producer Mike Judge is the first to admit that his satirical HBO series nails some things about the overheated tech industry spot on, while exaggerating others greatly for effect. (Elon Musk once told him he needed to do more research). But to create a show that strikes a nerve, Judge knows that some aspects of that reality have to become caricatures. "This isn't like a propaganda film for Silicon Valley to promote it or make it seem great," he says. "It's just a comedy and it's about these characters." We asked him how he stays inspired while dreaming up just-recognizable characters born from the tech scene mold. Here's what he had to say.

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