Canaries in the code mine : precarity and the future of tech work /

"This book shows how people who go into professional careers in technology, such as programming and software development, have found the job security they sought short-lived. Their difficulty finding and keeping work is exacerbated if they do not fit the stereotype of the ideal tech worker: you...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Papadantonakis, Max, 1989- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2025.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Tech talent and the ideal worker
  • Digital elites
  • Pretty colors and cleaning up
  • "Excuse me! Do you work here?"
  • "Too old" to code
  • Tech workers unite!
  • Conclusion
  • Methodological appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.