Middle Tech: Software Work and the Culture of Good Enough

by Paula Bialski

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Why software isn't perfect, as seen through the stories of software developers at a run-of-the-mill tech company

Contrary to much of the popular discourse, not all technology is seamless and awesome; some of it is simply "good enough." In Middle Tech, Paula Bialski offers an ethnographic study of software developers at a non-flashy, non-start-up corporate tech company. Their stories reveal why software isn't perfect and how...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691257167

ISBN13:9780691257167

Release Date:May 2024

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.77 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Computers Computers & Technology Social Science Social Sciences

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