However I still found it interesting and a decent book for people working in the industry. com crash, they cannot find another job.Īs you can imagine this book is a depressing read as well as been a bit too short, a bit dated and not as good as the first. Workers bought in to America from abroad to work, bad pay and living conditions but it's still better than their native country.ĭoes the bosses's faxing typing making coffee etc. People that shifted job to get into the trendy new web then the web bubble burst. The crash caused many redundancies forcing web developers to go freelance but unfortunately the intense competition from other people in the same situation results in rock bottom prices.Īngry workers fighting back against injustices from there employers using any means possible (eg law suits, airing dirty laundry etc) People that have now left the web industry Alive (1993) After crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team have no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive. As with the first book each chapter is based about a type of worker with a alleged true story to sum up their blight. This second book is about what happened to the net slaves after the. Netslaves was a website about the hidden underbelly of the web world, workers toiling away in obscurity while the media pumps out stories of teenage millionaire CEOs. By revealing the most absurd moments of "the bubble" and what really happened to the people displaced by the death of the New Economy, this volume is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what these events mean for the future of the Internet industry. The coverage in this collection of experiences includes the "survivalists", who made it through the storm intact and continue to work in the industry the "neo-luddites", who have shunned the Internet forever the "vigilantes", who are screaming for justice for their mistreatment and many others. In the sequel to their acclaimed and successful NetSlaves: Tales of Working the Web, the authors profile the people affected by the rise and fall of Internet companies and where they are today. Technology professionals, former employees of failed Internet start-ups, downsized corporate workers, and entrepreneurs eager to avoid mistakes of the recent past will be captivated by this humorous and poignant account of the human cost of the dot.com rise and fall. Beyond the media frenzy of the dot.com bust, here is the behind-the-scenes account of what became of American tech industry workers.