Coders : the making of a new tribe and the remaking of the world / Clive Thompson.
By: Thompson, Clive [author.].
Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, ©2019Description: 436 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780735220560 (hardcover).Subject(s): Computer programmers | Computer programming -- Social aspects | Computer programming -- Psychological aspects | Interpersonal relations | Information technology -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QA76.6 .T4496 2019 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000015142 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The software update that changed reality -- The four waves of coders -- Constant frustration and bursts of joy -- Among the INTJs -- The cult of efficiency -- 10x, rock stars, and the myth of meritocracy -- The ENIAC girls vanish -- Hackers, crackers, and freedom fighters -- Cucumbers, Skynet, and rise of the AI -- Scale, trolls, and big tech -- Blue-collar coding.
"From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson, a brilliant and immersive anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers - where they come from, how they think, what makes for greatness in their world, and what should give us pause"--