Title:
Coders : the making of a new tribe and the remaking of the world / Clive Thompson.
ISBN:
9780735220560
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2019.
©2019
Physical Description:
436 pages ; 25 cm
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.
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.
OCLC Number:
on1076460563
Availability:
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