Check out Ellen Ullman's 1997 novel "Close to the Machine" for a great peek into the software engineer's mind, at least at that time. A good read, too! Lyn ________________________ Lyn Jeffery, Ph.D. Research Director Institute for the Future www.iftf.org phone: 650-233-9577 blog: www.virtual-china.org 124 University Ave. 2/F, Palo Alto, CA 94301 main phone: 650-854-6322 ________________________ On 16 Oct 2006, at 09:34, Elizabeth Van Couvering wrote:
Hi everyone,
I wonder if anyone can lend some literature to the impression I have from interviewing a series of software engineers that their work in technology organisations is more valuable that the work of other parts of the organisation - e.g., "management", marketing, facilities, etc.
Thanks a bunch,
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Van Couvering PhD Student Department of Media & Communications London School of Economics and Political Science http://personal.lse.ac.uk/vancouve/ e.j.van-couvering@lse.ac.uk