[Air-l] Informal programming learning?

[Gina Neff]

You can also look at Batt, Christopherson, et al's work on Silicon Alley.
While not centered on informal programming practices, they do identify much
of the technical learning in the Alley takes place outside of formal
workplaces and formal training.

Net Working: Work patterns and workforce policies for the new media industry

http://www.epinet.org/books/network.html

is one source, other papers have been published out of this survey.

Gina

Gina Neff
Research Associate
Center on Organizational Innovation
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027