Middle tech : software work and the culture of good enough / Paula Bialski.
| Author/creator | Bialski, Paula author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2024] |
| Description | xiii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Princeton studies in culture and technology Princeton studies in culture and technology. ^A1287965 |
| Contents | ch.1 Welcome to MiddleTech -- ch. 2 Software's sociality -- ch.3 Where stuff goes wrong -- ch. 4 Managing good enoughness -- ch.5 Slowdown. |
| Abstract | "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 developers communicate, care, and compromise to make software work--or at least work until the next update. Exploring the culture of good enoughness at a technology firm she calls "MiddleTech," Bialski shows how doing good-enough work is a collectively negotiated resistance to the organizational ideology found in corporate software settings." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780691257167 paperback |
| ISBN | 0691257167 paperback |
| ISBN | 9780691257150 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0691257159 hardcover |