Gravegar
After twenty years of quality-controlling ceramic tiles, 40-year-old Artie Penhaligon is replaced by a laser. Now, to survive the modern world, he must survive a high-stakes coding bootcamp led by a woman who hates him and a desk-mate who thinks he's a historical artifact.
Arthur "Artie" Penhaligon is a man of precision. For two decades, he was the king of the floor-tile factory, a man who could spot a hairline fracture from fifty paces. But when his industry "optimizes" him out of a job, Artie finds himself in a world he doesn't recognize-a world of cloud computing, haptic feedback, and teenagers who make six figures building apps for house plants.
Pushed by his sister, Helen, and mocked by his tech-native nephew, Luke, Artie enrolls in Binary Pulse, an elite coding bootcamp designed for the "disruptors of tomorrow."
Dressed in a funeral suit and armed with a hardshell briefcase, Artie is forced into a "pair-programming" partnership with Zay, a 19-year-old dropout with neon hair and a total disregard for the concept of a lunch hour. Under the sharp, cynical eye of their instructor, Camille, Artie must learn to navigate the alien languages of Python, HTML, and C++, all while realizing that in the digital age, his biggest "defect" might be his refusal to change.