I found myself in this maybe 10 years after the author did.
The idea I have gotten from it (and my own life) is that "big movements" (zeitgeists) don't really end up meaning much personally. They are created by the media and historians, either before or after things happen.
This guy got into tech by getting a temp job. He needed the money, and Apple needed somebody to enter data.
I guess a moral of the story is, if you want to be a part of the "future", you are better off entering data for a company actually building the future, rather than hanging out with people who sit around talking about what it might be like.
Even if there are nothing to be learned here, very enjoyable and it's old enough that I think I may have read it before 15+ years ago.
The idea I have gotten from it (and my own life) is that "big movements" (zeitgeists) don't really end up meaning much personally. They are created by the media and historians, either before or after things happen.
This guy got into tech by getting a temp job. He needed the money, and Apple needed somebody to enter data.
I guess a moral of the story is, if you want to be a part of the "future", you are better off entering data for a company actually building the future, rather than hanging out with people who sit around talking about what it might be like.
Even if there are nothing to be learned here, very enjoyable and it's old enough that I think I may have read it before 15+ years ago.