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Adam Korga

Self-proclaimed writer

Survived 20 years in IT. Mostly intact.

A pen name. I try not to pull punches — though I do flinch when they come back.

I’ve been a developer, DevOps tinkerer, Scrum Master, and reluctant team lead. I worked in startups that moved fast and broke things — and in enterprises that moved slow and broke people.

After two decades of production fires, buzzwords, and PowerPoint‑driven decisions, I decided it was time to document the madness — with just enough sarcasm to survive.

No, I won't tell you which parts are based on real conversations. You already know.

IT Dictionary

A survival manual for devs, dreamers, and those still pretending their job has structure.

"This satirical workplace guidebook is a laugh-out-loud group therapy session that offers technical and emotional support by decoding corporate-speak."
— Independent Book Review
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From debugging trenches and absurd Agile rituals, through Corpoland's soul‑crushing bureaucracy, to Startupistan's hoodie‑fueled chaos and AI's confident hallucinations — IT Dictionary is your darkly funny survival manual for life in modern tech.

language of IT into what people actually mean:

  • Part 1: Core IT – Survival Mode Activated:
    Production fires, polite blame games, and the art of surviving 3 AM incidents.
  • Part 2: Agile Rituals and Other Cargo Cults:
    Stand‑ups, retros, and the ceremonial theater of "velocity."
  • Part 3: Corpoland – Where Ideas Go to Get Approved:
    PowerPoint-driven decisions, buzzword currency, and bureaucratic purgatory.
  • Part 4: Startupistan – Chaos, Hoodie and Deadline:
    Fake metrics, heroic all‑nighters, and pivots faster than coffee cools.
  • Part 5: AI – The New Kid in Town:
    Confident hallucinations, vibe coding, and the shiny new messiah of tech.
Sample from the book
Security
Least Privileges
Minimized risk access
If you can do your job - we failed at ours

If you've ever blamed DNS, survived a sprint retro, or wondered whether your entire industry is just a well‑funded joke — this book will feel disturbingly familiar. It's part dictionary, part therapy session, and part satirical mirror of the world we chose (or accidentally fell into).

Media Coverage & Editorial Reviews

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Editorial Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

An irreverent insider’s guide to the world of IT. (...) A funny, subversively venomous look at the vagaries of IT support.
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Independent Book Review

IT Dictionary directly addresses the soul-crushing minutiae within an enraging experience that most workers of the modern world know intimately. No one has created a way for us to decompress (that isn't ranting to your coworkers or partner) from this corporate chokehold until Adam Korga, until right now.
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IndieReader

Adam Korga’s IT DICTIONARY: A Survival Manual for Devs, Dreamers, and Those Still Pretending Their Job Has Structure will raise a laugh with IT professionals who know the grind of keeping a company’s network up and running all too well.
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Podcast Visits

The Dork Forest Sep 23, 2025

With Jackie Kashian on The Dork Forest, we started with IT Dictionary but quickly drifted into why software always fails, why Apollo’s computer was weaker than your phone charger, and how Agile turned into a cargo cult. Laughter, tangents, and just enough tech doom to keep it spicy.

1X Developer Sep 10, 2025

Guesting with Colin and Brendan, we started with the book… then veered into Berlin lore, Kubernetes-as-CIA, the secret Y2K (in 2020!), and the hidden traps of self-publishing no one warns you about. Chaos, laughs, and a few useful truths.

Tech, Bugs & Rock'n'Roll Aug 28, 2025

Guesting with Randy and Dylan, we started with the book… and then it went into vibe coding, AI hallucinations, tech rewrites gone wrong, Kafka chaos, and even CSS trivia — equal parts absurdity, war stories, and laughs about how tech really works (or doesn’t).

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Available in:

• Paperback Edition

• Hard cover Edition

• Kindle Edition

• Audiobook Version
(unless someone manages to record it without crying or rage-quitting halfway)

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For Polish audience:
Why this book probably won't be translated to Polish / Czemu ta książka prawdopodobnie nie zostanie przetłumaczona na polski

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