A review by papi
The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder

5.0

Tracy Kidder put together a wonderfully rich and in-depth look at the inner workings of a team of designers working on a new minicomputer. With scarce resources, minimal corporate support, and little but what they could scrounge and their own intellectual prowess and determination, the team succeeded against all odds. And with Kidder's able help, we are right there with them. We see the manipulations, the generation of fierce commitment in the experienced and newbie alike, and the almost fanatical devotion to cause that was the beginning of a new movement and new expectations for employee commitment. Kidder wondered with some anxiety what it would lead to; with the advantage of more than two and a half decades, we can see the results.