DREAMING IN CODE.
The author examines the work conditions of a web developer in the context of classical trade union concepts of the labor-management conflict. It notes the creative tension in his company between technical and business staff and argues that each side keeps the other in check, keeping the company on t...
| Published in: | New Left Review no. 62; pp. 125 - 133 |
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New Left Review Ltd.
Mar/Apr2010
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