A Bit of Sociology Applied to Our Developer Profession

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Introduces Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology and applies his concepts to the software industry, explaining how developers, recruiters, junior devs and DevOps form a professional community. Uses Bourdieu’s ideas about social fields, capital and habitus to analyze interactions and power relations within the tech workplace.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 4:21Coding dojo recap
3. 6:04Pierre Bourdieu theory
4. 14:42Cultural and symbolic capital
5. 21:05Habitus mechanisms
6. 26:02Developer field
7. 31:21Symbolic violence and social struggles
8. 34:52Why attend conferences
9. 39:09Software craftsmanship and dominant discourse
10. 41:14Conclusion

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