工程专业不成文的法规.doc

The Unwritten Laws of Engineering 工程专业不成文的法规 INTRODUCTION The following text is reprinted for “The Unwritten Laws Of Engineering” by W.J. King, originally appearing in the May, June, and July 1944 issues of Mechanical Engineering. That the article has been reprinted several times during the last 50 years should bear witness to its usefulness. It offers much wisdom, to young engineers starting their careers, and to order engineers we know these things perfectly well but who all too often fail to apply them in practice. 引 言 本文摘录于W.J.King 所著的“工程专业不成文的法规”一文。这篇文章原载于1944年5，6，7月出版的《机械工程》。近50年来，这篇文章被重版多次，其实用价值足以得到证明。它为年轻的工程师开拓事业提供了很多明智的建议，而对于老资格的工程师，我们知道这些至理名言非常有效，可是未运用实践。 IN RELATION TO YOUR WORK However menial and trivial your early assignments may appear give them your best efforts May young engineers feel that the minor chores of a technical project are beneath their dignity and unworthy of their college training. They expect to prove their true worth in some major enterprise. Actually, the spirit and effectiveness with which you tackle your first humble tasks will very likely be carefully watched and may affect your entire career. 与工作的关系 无论你的第一份工作看上去多么简单，多么琐碎，你都应该严阵以待，许多年轻的工程师觉得做那些技术项目中琐碎的杂事有失他们的尊严，与他们所受的大学教育也是不相配的。他们希望在大企业中展示自身真正的价值。而事实上，人们往往会注意你在处理第一份简单工作的态度和绩效，这也许会影响你一生的事业。 Occasionally you will worry unduly about where your job is going to get you whether it is sufficiently strategic or significant. Of course these are pertinent considerations and you would do well to take stock of them, but by and large it is fundamentally true that if you take care of your present job well, the future will take care of itself. This is particularly so in the case of a large corporation, where executives are constantly searching for competent people to move up into more responsible positions. Success depends so largely upon personality, native ability, and vigorous, intelligent prosecution of any job that it is no exaggeration to say that your ultimate chances are much better if yo