Professionalism is key.
Have pride in what you do and allow it to show through your actions and your demeanor. I feel it is important to put forward your most helpful and loving attributes while suppressing those which cause you to display negative personality traits. As you spend time at a job, company, school, etc. the more you interact with peers, mentors, and personnel. These interactions shape who you are, what you do, and how you do it. The more professional an individual is, the more likely he or she is to surround his or herself with other professionals. Networks of professionals are the reason for grand undertakings which materialize into actual feats of engineering.
Ethical practice is key.
Oft overlooked, an engineer has a primary responsibility to the well-being of the community. No matter what undertakings you choose to pursue, there is always an impact you will leave, as an engineer, on society. It is an obligation, in our code of ethics, to have effective reasoning for why a project will benefit all and, hopefully, harm none. One of my close family friends is a professional civil engineer and I have seen firsthand the positive impact he has had in my hometown. Public works projects and construction jobs arose from jobs which he proposed and provided logistics for. The less ethical you are, the less likely it is that those with whom you've interacted previous are to contact you for further work or relations.
Awareness is key.
In order to effectively perform tasks for a client, a clear mind helps to ensure proper work. Lack of sobriety heightened stress are most often cited as the reasons for poor workmanship. Though, there are many other ways you can hone your awareness. One is to start thinking for yourself on a more regular basis. A lot of the times, we let those who we idolize, those who we envy, and those who mislead us to impact our daily practice. This should not be the case! I highly recommend that anybody reading this check out the following, which can be used to help hone skills requiring awareness.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/drewhansen/2012/01/24/7-steps-to-increase-self-awareness-and-catapult-your-career/
The advice revolves around continuous personality assessment. Have a lovely day everybody.
Awesome advice. The ethics class that I took tried teaching some of these things, but it was also one of those "heh" classes, specially since it was early in the morning and had like a change of professors like 3 times.
ReplyDeletegreat tips - a lot of these are equally good points for interacting with people in a general sense in all settings.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog. I can tell you didn't only put thought into writing just for a blog but that you are convinced and live by these things. Wish you the best Kian :) Let's keep in touch!
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