Microserfs: A Novel - Douglas Coupland

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epub | 9.36 MB | English| Isbn:9780062105967 | Author: Douglas Coupland | Year: 2011

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From the era-defining author of Generation X comes a novel of overworked coders who escape the serfdom of Bill Gates to forge their own path.

They are Microserfs-six code-crunching computer whizzes who spend upward of sixteen hours a day "coding" and eating "flat" foods (food which, like Kraft singles, can be passed underneath closed doors) as they fearfully scan company e-mail to learn whether the great Bill is going to "flame" one of them. But now there's a chance to become innovators instead of cogs in the gargantuan Microsoft machine.

The intrepid Microserfs are striking out on their own-living together in a shared digital flophouse as they desperately try to cultivate well-rounded lives and find love amid the dislocated, subhuman whir and buzz of their computer-driven world.

Category:Fiction, Literature, Fiction Subjects, World Fiction, Phases of Life - Fiction, Canadian Fiction, Science & Technology - Fiction, Business, Work, & Money - Fiction, 20s & 30s - Fiction, Canadian Fiction - 20th Century, Computers & Life Online - Fiction, Office Workers - Fiction

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