Geek Culture
TechExtreme — “I.T. projects often fail, he claims, because I.T. staffers comprise a distinct subculture within many organizations — one that often conflicts with users and managers. Over 18 months, Stanton and research associate Kathryn Stam studied a dozen organizations in New York that were installing major technology projects. After interviewing more than one hundred people, the two researchers noted that I.T. personnel formed their own distinctly different subculture.”