ABSTRACT Software is the lifeblood of technological advancement, and it progresses not only through emerging technologies, but also through the contributions of new generations of developers who have distinct technology-related experiences. We describe our qualitative investigation into how developers, who began regularly using social networking technology at an early age (referred to as precocious users), demonstrate distinct expectations about the goals of software development. We advance a theoretical perspective that explains how the increasingly socially infused nature of networking applications shapes generations of individuals — some of whom will go on to become creative developers in the software industry. Our perspective suggests software organizations can leverage developers who have been precocious users of more recent social networking technologies to reinforce intuitive usage, promote social impact, and re-energize experimentation and contribution to the software community. Our results also offer a comprehensive set of development goals that focus attention towards contemporary expectations about challenging usability and contribution to software ecosystems. We conclude by discussing how our methodological steps, data collection, and data analysis procedures empower future research to explore generational shifts in the career perceptions and competencies of the digital workforce.

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软件劳动力的世代视角：软件开发中社交网络的早熟用户

摘要 软件是技术进步的命脉，它的进步不仅通过新兴技术，而且通过具有独特技术相关经验的新一代开发人员的贡献。我们描述了对从小就开始定期使用社交网络技术的开发人员（称为早熟用户）如何表现出对软件开发目标的不同期望的定性调查。我们提出了一个理论视角，解释了网络应用程序日益融入社会的本质如何塑造了几代人——其中一些人将继续成为软件行业的创意开发人员。我们的观点表明，软件组织可以利用较早使用较新社交网络技术的开发人员来加强直观使用，促进社会影响，并重新激发实验和对软件社区的贡献。我们的结果还提供了一套全面的开发目标，将注意力集中在对具有挑战性的可用性和对软件生态系统的贡献的当代期望上。最后，我们讨论了我们的方法步骤、数据收集和数据分析程序如何使未来的研究能够探索数字劳动力职业观念和能力的代际变化。我们的结果还提供了一套全面的开发目标，将注意力集中在当代对具有挑战性的可用性和对软件生态系统的贡献的期望上。最后，我们讨论了我们的方法步骤、数据收集和数据分析程序如何使未来的研究能够探索数字劳动力职业观念和能力的代际变化。我们的结果还提供了一套全面的开发目标，将注意力集中在当代对具有挑战性的可用性和对软件生态系统的贡献的期望上。最后，我们讨论了我们的方法步骤、数据收集和数据分析程序如何使未来的研究能够探索数字劳动力职业观念和能力的代际变化。