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Coders : the making of a new tribe and the remaking of the world / Clive Thompson.
Van Pelt Library QA76.6 .T4496 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Clive, 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer programmers.
- Computer programming--Social aspects.
- Computer programming.
- Computer programming--Psychological aspects.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Information technology--Social aspects.
- Information technology.
- Physical Description:
- 436 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2019.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-422) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Thompson, Clive, 1968- author. Coders
- ISBN:
- 9780735220560
- 0735220565
- OCLC:
- 1076460563
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