The unwritten laws of engineering

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1. einszweiAug 2024
   Unwritten Laws of Engineering by W.J. King from 1940. This has nothing about software engineering in particular but a useful list of Do's and Don't for workplace. You would be surprised how much of this is relevant today.
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2. FromusoniaJan 2024
   “The unwritten laws of engineering”

   https://www.asme.org/publications-submissions/books/find-boo...

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3. medlerDec 2022
   The Unwritten Laws of Engineering by WJ King is a great book on the people-skills side of engineering and management. At ~60 pages it’s also mercifully short and to the point.
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4. tjalfiDec 2021
   The Unwritten Laws of Engineering by W.J. King.

   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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5. urthorNov 2021
   I've read The Pragmatic Programmer and large chunks of the Unwritten Laws of Engineering.

   They're excellent books, but they're targeted for early career developers and people struggling to figure out the office work life. It's fair to say that you're probably not the target audience, but they're really great books for their niche.

   I'm also extremely interested in the idea of reading a book about remote work after reading the blog.

   Maybe it's not Remote, but I should definitely read a book about working remotely, considering I do it for so much of my time.

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6. a_square_pegNov 2021
   I didn't know about "Unwritten Laws of Engineering" - skimming through some of it, this is an excellent book and I wish I knew about it before.

   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.

   I think some of this can be seen in this thread as well - some are commenting about how bad these recommendations are, and some even about the general practice of recommending books (how dare you!).

   Given that the OP is just talking about books that he felt changed "his" career, I think it's really not something to be challenged and disagreed in such manners.

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