But it is an interesting read. Driven by how their experience in the working world of the Internet differed from the usual view of the Internet as a world of quick riches, authors Lessard and Baldwin went in search of the stories of people working behind the scenes in Internet and Web companies. They gathered their material from interviews with real people. They quickly uncovered stories of long hours, low pay, stock options of dubious value, arbitrary management, supervisors that scream until the veins pop out of their head, and much spiritual disaffection. NetSlaves has many entertaining moments, but these moments cannot be enjoyed without the feeling of nervousness at laughing at someone who has tripped upon a banana peel.
Nobody loses a thumb, but several characters do end up moving back in with their parents.
She later quits when the employer tries to make her the scapegoat of an inquest. All this at 25 dollars an hour. The working conditions of these people's lives really are pretty terrible. She was his before they had seen half of the JPEGs on her site. Of course, even in a muckraking novel like The Jungle , damage to the human spirit is the important thing.