{"id":100544,"date":"2018-12-04T06:30:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T11:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sjcivil.com\/?p=100544"},"modified":"2024-03-28T09:22:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:22:56","slug":"why-be-an-engineer-its-the-mornings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjcivil.com\/why-be-an-engineer-its-the-mornings\/","title":{"rendered":"Why be an Engineer: It\u2019s the Mornings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Executive Summary:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>A recent article by the American Bar Association caught my eye.\u00a0It was entitled \u201cWhen is it okay for a lawyer to lie?\u201d I could probably end the article right here.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019ll keep going. [QR]\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3RqvrEV7Myyc1kwmaIHBuz?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contemplating a law career.\u00a0 <\/strong>Yup, I get it, you know someone who watched television like the rest of us and you became a lawyer because of\u00a0<em>Perry Mason<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Law &amp; Order,<\/em>or\u00a0<em>Boston Legal<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0Don\u2019t get me wrong, I loved\u00a0<em>A Few Good Men<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-101289 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sjcivil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/qr-code-2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is their career going like the TV show?\u00a0\u00a0They probably drive a fancy car and live in a nice home.<\/p>\n<p>Or did your friend realize that his\/her \u201cscope of the obligations to truth and integrity [had] become less clear\u201d?\u00a0\u00a0In his or her daily tasks, was (s)he contemplating the acceptable amount of deceit or the purpose of deceit as it relates to the goal?\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m not sure what all this means, but I think I need a shower. The language in this paragraph was all taken from the article in the American Bar Association\u2019s December 2018 issue at www.americanbar.org.\u00a0\u00a0And look at me, I\u2019m actually a member of the ABA!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-101288 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sjcivil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/road-sign-464654_1920-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why an engineer?\u00a0 <\/strong>The proudest of parents say \u201cOh, my child is going to school to be a _________\u201d \u2013 you fill in the blank.\u00a0\u00a0Most parents fill that blank with doctor, lawyer, or engineer.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m proud to say that I am an engineer.\u00a0\u00a0You should be proud of your kid if (s)he is going to school for engineering too.\u00a0\u00a0You should be proud of yourself if you\u2019re an engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some excerpts from the Engineers\u2019 Creed from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nspe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.nspe.org<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>To participate in none but honest enterprise.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>To place\u2026the public welfare above all other considerations.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From the Order of the Engineer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I am an engineer. In my profession I take deep pride. To it I owe solemn obligations.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;As an engineer, I pledge to practice integrity and fair dealing, tolerance and respect; and to uphold devotion to the standards and the dignity of my profession, conscious always that my skill carries with it the obligation to serve humanity by making the best use of the earth\u2019s precious wealth.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;As an engineer, I shall participate in none but honest enterprises. When needed, my skill and knowledge shall be given without reservation for the public good. In the performance of duty and in fidelity to my profession, I shall give my utmost.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The public knows engineers as persons with technical aptitude obligated to society and cocooned in integrity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My story.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>One of my good friends is CEO of a top engineering firm in Hawaii.\u00a0We\u2019ve had many talks over a beer about our profession.\u00a0\u00a0We realize that civil engineering is not the highest paying profession in the world, but it does bring with it a sense of pride unparalleled by other professions.\u00a0We build America.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-101286 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sjcivil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/father-1633655_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sjcivil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/father-1633655_1920-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/sjcivil.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/father-1633655_1920-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are the reason buildings stand hundreds of feet tall, cars can drive under water, and why no one died in the 7.0 earthquake in Alaska last week. We not only improve the human experience, we protect human life.<\/p>\n<p>Talk to your child about being an engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Ours is a profession which leads to many sleepless nights due to hard work and worry, I\u2019ve never had a morning where I couldn\u2019t wake up and look myself in the mirror.<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive Summary:\u00a0\u00a0A recent article by the American Bar Association caught my eye.\u00a0It was entitled \u201cWhen is it okay for a lawyer to lie?\u201d I could probably end the article right here.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019ll keep going. 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