I immediately thought of "Microserfs", but you might be right about it being dated. Coupland also wrote "JPod", which was also about programmers. I would not

I immediately thought of "Microserfs", but you might be right about it being dated. Coupland also wrote "JPod", which was also about programmers. I would not recommend it (or any of his books since "Microserfs") at all.