Robert Dorschel

Robert Dorschel, an Assistant Professor in Digital Sociology at the University of Cambridge, discusses his book examining the often-overlooked lives of tech workers. He reveals that these workers, far from embodying the entrepreneurial spirit, often critique digital capitalism's pitfalls. Dorschel highlights their reflexive industry awareness, class-based identities, and the challenges they face in unionization efforts. He also explores how their lifestyles and tastes signal authenticity, alongside a new, more moral brand of capitalism emerging in tech culture.

Robert Dorschel, Assistant Professor in Digital Sociology at Cambridge and author of The Social Codes of Tech Workers, draws on extensive interview fieldwork. He explores who counts as tech workers and their distinctive subjectivities. Short takes cover their critical reflexivity, classed self-understandings, everyday lifestyles, firms' co-optation of values, and AI’s potential impact on middle-class work.

Robert Dorschel, an Assistant Professor in Digital Sociology at the University of Cambridge, dives into the lives of tech workers and their class identities. He defines who qualifies as a tech worker, contrasting them with entrepreneurs. Dorschel highlights their reflexivity regarding industry issues and critiques the notion of techno-solutionism. He also discusses their ordinary lifestyles and mindfulness practices. Lastly, he emphasizes the importance of studying tech workers' rising influence and prepares for future research on Gen AI's impact on various classes.