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The Soul of a New Machine

Tracy Kidder, 1981

Medium length, about 293 pagesPulitzer Prize, 1982.

A team races to build a computer. The best book on engineers at work.

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  1. What kept these engineers working so hard, and would it keep you going?
  2. What did you think of how the team was led?
  3. Does the book's picture of work feel like your own workplace? How?

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