Acknowledgments; Prologue First Encounters of a Techie Kind; 1. Network Society and Occupational Community; 2. Setting: A "Monster Soft Dev Shop" in Silicon Swamp; 3. Constructing Occupational Identity; 4. Forging Bonds on Projects and Products; 5. Language and the Persistence of Community; Epilogue: Remembering the "Wild Ride" ... and What Happened to Its Participants; Notes; References; Index
Summary
At the birth of the Internet Age, computer technologists in small, aggressive software development companies became part of a unique networked occupational community. They were creative, team-oriented, and enthusiastic workers who built ""boundaryless careers, "" hopping from one employer to another. In his absorbing ethnography The Company We Keep, sociologist Daniel Marschall immerses himself in IntenSivity, one such technological workplace. Chronicling the employees' experiences, Marschall examines how these workers characterize their occupational culture, share values
