geeksploitation

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English

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Etymology

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From geek +‎ -sploitation.

Noun

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geeksploitation (uncountable)

  1. The practice of taking advantage of highly-motivated programmers willing to work long hours.
    • 2000, Richard Grayson, The Silicon Valley Diet and Other Stories, Red Hen Press, →ISBN, page 149:
      Finding a new job just meant driving to another office-park campus with dopey street names (Disc Drive, Resistor Road, Infinite Loop) to endure more geeksploitation in exchange for dead presidents, stock options, a flexible schedule, no dress code, and all the junk food I could eat.