Microserfs: A Novel

Douglas Coupland

Jun 2011 · Harper Collins

About this ebook

From the era-defining author of Generation X comes a novel of overworked coders who escape the serfdom of Bill Gates to forge their own path.

They are Microserfs—six code-crunching computer whizzes who spend upward of sixteen hours a day “coding” and eating “flat” foods (food which, like Kraft singles, can be passed underneath closed doors) as they fearfully scan company e-mail to learn whether the great Bill is going to “flame” one of them. But now there’s a chance to become innovators instead of cogs in the gargantuan Microsoft machine.

The intrepid Microserfs are striking out on their own—living together in a shared digital flophouse as they desperately try to cultivate well-rounded lives and find love amid the dislocated, subhuman whir and buzz of their computer-driven world.

Ratings and reviews

"I had dandruff?" Reading it while laughing. It hard to find novel about nerds working for tech giant or startup so this is as best as you can get.

A must-read for anyone in the tech industry and/or who came of age in the '90s.

5om3 gr00vy snapshots of nerd life pre-dotc0m bubble...

About the author

Douglas Coupland is the author of twelve novels, including Generation X and Microserfs, and several works of nonfiction, including Polaroids from the Dead. He lives and works in Vancouver, Canada.