In Overfitting, author Terao Tetsuya challenges the stereotypical view of engineering professionals held by most people and parroted in the media. This “inspired by true life” tale reveals not only the folly in putting engineers on a pedestal but also that life for most engineers with “lucrative” careers in the private sector is far from rosy, with many turning to increasingly perverse acts of excess in hopes of feeling “human” again. Despite the witty prose underpinning the narrative, Overfitting delivers an emotional gut punch that will have readers both heated over the cruelties baked into modern corporate culture and sniggering at the clear absurdity of it all.