About the Author vii
Acknowledgments ix
Foreword xi
Introduction xv
Part I Choose Quest 1
Chapter 1 How Gamers Learned to Choose 4
Chapter 2 Five Tactics for Expanding Horizons 22
Chapter 3 Professional Pathfinder and Job Feel 32
Chapter 4 Gravitational Pull and Expecting the Unexpected 42
Chapter 5 This Game Is Beatable 54
Chapter 6 Community Loop: Mentors 62
Part II Level Up 79
Chapter 7 How Gamers Learned to Learn 82
Chapter 8 Fundamentals, Platforms, and Mindsets 100
Chapter 9 Build Your Own Tutorial 114
Chapter 10 Mastering Durable Skills 122
Chapter 11 Community Loop: Coaches 132
Part III Job Hunt 139
Chapter 12 How Gamers Learned to Hack the Grind 142
Chapter 13 Free Your Mindset 152
Chapter 14 Tell Your Story 156
Chapter 15 Ask, Then Negotiate 162
Chapter 16 Community Loop: Sponsors 166
Part IV Job Craft 175
Chapter 17 How Gamers Learned to Reinvent 178
Chapter 18 Why Gamers Job Craft 188
Chapter 19 How Gamers Job Craft 198
Chapter 20 Community Loop: Bosses 210
Part V Beyond the Loop: Hiring, Managing, and Promoting 219
Chapter 21 How Managers Learned to Lead 222
Chapter 22 Hiring Career Loopers 230
Chapter 23 Managing Career Loopers 240
Chapter 24 Promoting Career Loopers 246
Conclusion 252
Index 258
