Canaries in the Code Mine

Precarity and the Future of Tech Work

Max Papadantonakis (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

148 Seiten

2025
Temple University Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-4399-2578-2 (ISBN)

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The idea that the tech industry is a secure field with jobs and opportunities for growth is a myth. There is widespread precarity among software developers, who experience uncertainty, anxiety, and imposter syndrome as technological advancements threaten job security. Max Papadantonakis investigates this phenomenon in his revealing study, Canaries in the Code Mine. He indicates that precarity is not just about the risk of losing one’s job; it is about living in a career where basic needs and rights are not guaranteed.

Interviewing 120 software developers from leading tech firms, Papadantonakis shows how temporary contracts, project cancellations, and company downsizing undermine the security of even highly skilled professionals. He also highlights the systemic inequalities that shape the tech industry, showing how age, race, and gender often dictate the opportunities and responsibilities software developers have-or are denied.

Canaries in the Code Mine highlights a disturbing reality of privilege and vulnerability within the tech industry. Papadantonakis engages in a critical discourse on the evolving nature of work in the digital era, emphasizing the need to shape an equitable future in the rapidly evolving landscape.

Max Papadantonakis is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences and Global Studies at California State University, Monterey Bay.

Erscheinungsdatum	19.04.2025
Verlagsort	Philadelphia PA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 210 mm
Gewicht	172 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Naturwissenschaften
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-4399-2578-X / 143992578X
ISBN-13	978-1-4399-2578-2 / 9781439925782
Zustand	Neuware