Leanpub Book LAUNCH 🚀 HUMAN SOFTWARE: A Life in I.T. - A Novel by Richard Bown

Welcome to the Leanpub Launch video for HUMAN SOFTWARE: A Life in I.T. - A Novel by Richard Bown!

About the Book

For anyone who’s ever shipped flaky code, knowingly increased technical debt or sat through another pointless stand-up, HUMAN SOFTWARE is a razor-sharp dystopian thriller that highlights the absurdities and dangers of modern software engineering and our AI-driven future.

HUMAN SOFTWARE is the story of two women battling the pressures of corporate life and expectation, set against the backdrop of a savage downsizing at the major employer of a small UK town. Exploring themes of always-on tech culture, burnout, mental health, globalisation, AI, climate change and the dehumanisation of work.

About the Author

Richard has seen the boom and bust of telecoms in the 90s, the dot-com bubble, Internet of Things, Big Data all the way to the current AI hype. His first decade was as a hot-shot corporate coder while also leading a popular open-source music software project. Since then, he’s worked in financial and platform engineering teams for many major brands. He once worked as a tech journalist, used to run a podcast and is active in the Rands Leadership Community. He runs a tech blog, is active on LinkedIn and posts on BlueSky and is also experimenting on Instagram and Facebook.

Originally from the UK, Richard lives with his family near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Human Software is his debut novel.

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