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Canaries in the Code Mine: Precarity and the Future of Tech Work

Contributor(s): Papadantonakis, Max (Author)

ISBN: 9781439925782

Publisher: Temple University Press

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Pub Date: May 16, 2025

Dewey: 331.700973

LCCN: 2024062089

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.36" H x 8.25" L x 5.50" W ( 0.40 lbs) 148 pages

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Description: "This book shows how people who go into professional careers in technology, such as programming and software development, have found the job security they sought short-lived. Their difficulty finding and keeping work is exacerbated if they do not fit the stereotype of the ideal tech worker: young, male, and white"--

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"[A] thorough analysis of tech workers' precarity in the United States.... [W]ith a lucid and detailed description, Papadantonakis presents a convincing portrait of current labor governance in US tech that increasingly normalizes precarity for skilled and qualified workers in the industry."--Sociological Forum

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