Nathan Ensmenger

computers, programmers, and the politics of technical expertise

The computer boys take over

Lovro Oreskovic

This was a very interesting book. I have read a few books concerning the history of computing or some specific important project, but most of them were written in a technical manner by technical people. 
This book is more a sociological work than a technical one. It deals with workers of the computing revolution. There are a few narratives. One of them is the place of women in the computing industry, starting with programmers being almost exclusively women, because every one saw operating the computers as a clerical job to being almost ostracized from the computer industry all together. 
Another one is the struggle of a part of the industry to make programming an accepted science and to find a way to train good programmers. One of the constant struggle in the industry from the onset is a deficiency of programming personnel. 

All in all it is an interesting book which shines a light on the history of computing from a different angle.

The computer boys take over computers, programmers, and the politics of technical expertise

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