Unwritten Laws of Engineering
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Unwritten Laws of Engineering
W.J. King
9 people recommended it in 6 threads, 2017–2021.
What people on Hacker News said
Written in 1944, but the advice is still relevant, more so to the software engineering field. Should be at least skimmed at any part of your career.
I was fortunate enough to be around senior engineers who took upon themselves to mentor junior engineers like myself. Now that I'm in their shoes, I find that the engineering landscape has changed quite a lot (especially in software) and often find that junior engineers don't see themselves needing to be mentored and sometimes even offended by recommendations.
They're excellent books, but they're targeted for early career developers and people struggling to figure out the office work life.
67 page introduction to "soft skills" for engineers. I wish I read this book earlier to understand that being a great coder is only part of growing into a great engineer.
It's a bit dated but has a lot of helpful advice - I wish I had read it when I started my career.
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