Dilbert's Guide to the Rest of Your Life: Dispatches from Cubicleland

by Scott Adams

This hilarious new book from cartoonist Scott Adams--the acknowledged master at skewering corporate culture--is as perfect for the office neophyte as the hardened survivor. Laugh as Dilbert, a thirty-something electrical engineer and poster boy for the "corporately disenfranchised", battles his blockhead boss, pinhead coworkers, and his cynical, cunning pet, Dogbert. You'll also meet the Boss, every employee's worst nightmare; coworker Wally, who is forever trying to avoid work; Alice, the solo female engineer in Dilbert's department who has been known to rip people's hearts out; and Catbert, the Human Resources Director who likes to tease employees before downsizing them. Dilbert's Guide to the Rest of Your Life contains the best of seven years worth of Dilbert comics, organized around familiar workday themes. It's a great gift for graduates who are new to corporate culture, as well as diehard fans who read Dilbert to survive.

Genres: Humor, Comics, Fiction, Comic Strips, Graphic Novels, Business, Comedy

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Adams was born in Windham, New York in 1957 and received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Hartwick College in 1979.

He also studied economics and management for his 1986 MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

In recent years, Adams has been hurt with a series of debilitating health problems. Since late 2004, he has suffered from a reemergence of his focal dystonia which has affected his drawing. He can fool his brain by drawing using a graphics tablet. On December 12, 2005, Adams announced on his blog that he also suffers from spasmodic dysphonia, a condition that causes the vocal cords to behave in an abnormal manner. However, on October 24, 2006, he again blogged stating that he had recovered from this condition, although he is unsure if the recovery is permanent. He claims to have developed a method to work around the disorder and has been able to speak normally since. Also, on January 21, 2007, he posted a blog entry detailing his experiences with treatment by Dr. Morton Cooper.

Adams is also a trained hypnotist, as well as a vegetarian. (Mentioned in, "Dilbert: A Treasury of Sunday Strips 00).

He married Shelly Miles on July 22, 2006.

Reviews

[Holley S · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic office comic strips! I have this in my office for a laugh now and then. It was a cute $2 find at a library sale and I had to have it.

[Miss Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

Skilled employees are hard to replace. That's why crooks and imbeciles are promoted to management.

Good overview of the Dilbert comic with a focus on a corporate career as a whole.

[Remo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Si ya Scott Adams es ácido de normal, en este libro parece que ha destilado toda la mala leche que ha podido acumular en su atormentada vida para repartirla en píldoras de una o dos frases. Con mucha inteligencia, por supuesto, como suele ser marca de la casa, y gran sentido del humor, pero demasiado ácido para mi gusto; llegas al punto de tenerle un poco de pena a una mente que es capaz de parir tanta inquina. Por lo demás se disfruta. Los dibujos son viñetas individuales, no tiras, por lo que no son historias cerradas. Este no es un libro de Dilbert al uso.

[David Erkale · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would say that this is OK if it weren't for the lack of pages. It's so short, I finished it in one sitting. I thought Asterix was easy! If you like to give this as a "gift," go right ahead, but don't expect anything much.

[batya7 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not knee-slappingly funny or thought-provoking, but what I expect from Dilbert: solid poke-in-the-eye work humor.

[Taylor Kurth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read, very funny! Just graduated so it made me laugh haha! Love pessimism honestly 😩👏

[Carl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious....

[Forest · Rating 5 out of 5]

A quick read that made me laugh out loud numerous times. This book is very relatable and I use some of the practices in my everyday work life.

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[Sam Goyer · Rating 3 out of 5]

A gift book that’s meant for college graduates who are about to enter the workforce. Not the best Dilbert collection since most of the strips omit two out of the three panels.

[I-in · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book is so 'dispatches from cubicleland'. Scott Adams prepared all graduates to take their optimism, creativity, and boundless energy to the workplace where they'll quickly learn that those things are not rewarded.

a job can be very rewarding, at least for the employer who is underpaying you. this book (with Scott Adams' comic strip) is designed to slow the rate at which your employer sucks the life force out of your body.

there's a good chance that you will get your own cubicle. this fabric-covered box-and others just like it-is where you will spend your next 30 years pretending to add value to various companies before they downsize you. always remember that a cubicle is nature's way of saying that you should have partied less in school!

my favourite one is: "THERE IS NO IDEA so bad that it cannot be made to look brilliant with the proper application of fonts and color." ... it just sooo me!!!

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

This small book was an extremely quick read--it took be about an hour--but it was very funny and quite delightful. It consists of selections from previously published Dilbert comic strips, along with incredibly bad advice about how to act as a new employee in a cubical job.

I recommend this to Dilbert fans, and anyone who needs a good wheeze.

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a long time Dilbert fan, it came as no surprise to me that I enjoyed this collection of advice/quips from Scott Adams. It is a great coffee table book for any young office worker. My only complaint is that it was way too short -- I finished the whole thing in about half an hour.

[Jenny T. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dilbert has always helped me cope with some of the stupidy that's encountered at work. This book contains such tidbits as, "Avoid arguing with nuts. You can't cure them but they can certainly turn you into a nut."

[Joseph Young · Rating 2 out of 5]

Was ok. Perhaps was not in the right mindset to read this book, but it wasn't laugh out loud funny to me except for one panel. I probably prefer wackiness tinged with cynicism, not the other way around.

[Rex Libris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a guide to work for the recent graduate. It lets you know what to expect when you start work, and dealing dealing with management, co-workers, and the rest.

Sadly, everything in the book is true.

[Scott Collins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny, but very short.

[Heather Loertscher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone who works in an office should have one of these. It truly is a guide to how to live in Cubicleland.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny and witty, but I wouldn't buy it. I'd be content with borrowing it from the library and copy any pages that were especially relevant.

[Maureen Weiner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny book. Good for reading in a noisy place when you need to kill 30 minutes.

[Donnell · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book to read if you don't have to work or if you just left a job that you don't have to go back to.