A great look at IT culture...
A fellow geek friend of mine convinced me to get this book. We both work as network engineers for various major corporations, so we're not coders. However, "Microserfs" was a great narrative on geek culture. We're both a little more down-to-Earth than Dan and his crew (we're married, have lives outside IT, etc,) but the book really hit home for both of us. Being a 20-something in the tech industry is tough, especially if you don't want to conform and become a "suit" when you're 30. Coupland captures that spirit of insecurity in his characters. The references to pop culture icons and just the ramblings about everyday life really made this tech nerd think that Dan is one of the guys I work with all the time. I've read the book several times, and constantly notice parallels between the lives of this group of nerds and my own. It's a *great* read for anyone in the tech industry, not just programmers!