He Mopped the Floors Before He Coded the Future: The Blue-Collar Soul of Silicon Valley's First Genius
Long before Atari put a game console in every American living room, the people who built it were working jobs nobody would put on a résumé. Al Alcorn's journey from the working-class streets of San Francisco to the circuit boards that rewired entertainment is a story Silicon Valley would rather forget — and probably needs to remember.
Mar 12, 2026