AGAR

A Game Against Reality
Engineering Practice and Professionalism
in a Physical World Inhabited by Humans

CONTENTS

  Preface
  Introduction

PART I: 
Confronting
CHAPTER 1:  Learn and Change, Hard or Easy
                Growing (with humility)
CHAPTER 2:  What Are We Doing Here?
               Competing (with reality)

PART II: 
Connecting
CHAPTER 3:  Did You See What I Said?
     Communicating (with others)
CHAPTER 4:  Way Better than Being Alone
                   Teaming (with others)
CHAPTER 5:  Way Harder than Being Alone
                      Teaming (for others)
CHAPTER 6:  Yes, Actually Tell a Story
        Communicating (for others)

PART III: 
Composing
CHAPTER 7:  Right from the Start
   Understanding (their problem)
CHAPTER 8:  Tell It Like It Is… Why It Is
   Understanding (your problem)
CHAPTER 9:  Enter the Engineer
                Defining (your problem)
CHAPTER 10:  Set Your Direction
                 Planning (your project)

CLOSING: 
It’s Not Over Yet
                  Surviving (with others)
   
  The Key Takeaways in English
  All the Little Quotes
  About the Author