Microserfs

Microserfs is about a group of people between 20 and 30 who work for Microsoft as coders. They certainly don´t have 9-5 jobs, they code something like 15 hours a day and work late at nights. They work hard to make Bill Gates even richer and don´t have much going besides their work. They are Microserfs. After some time the 'gang' decides to leave Microsoft and start their own business in Silicon Valley.

The lives of computer nerds have seldom been portrayed as funny and witty as in this novel. This book could probably only have been written by someone who is not mainly focused on computer work. Everyone who works with computers is going to enjoy this book. The first 50 pages or so are the best, Coupland really does a good job of showing what working at Microsoft means. There are a bundle of laughs as well. Later on in the story things get more serious but no less interesting. Coupland tries to make the reader think, and reflect upon our lives and what we do, or don´t do, to make them meaningful.