Engineering as a Career: A Series of Papers by Eminent Engineers (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Engineering as a Career: A Series of Papers by Eminent Engineers

But the outlay of cash and time represents only a small part of the concern of the general public in this matter of engineering education. If the right man gets into the right place his value to a community will be measured not merely by tens of thousands of dollars, but by achievements which rise beyond a money valuation. On the other hand, if attempts at securing an engineering education are misdirected, or the young man is not suited by temperament or other qualities for this work, then the loss to the community may be correspondingly great in depriving it of the services of a man who might be highly proficient in some other line.

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Excerpt from Engineering as a Career: A Series of Papers by Eminent Engineers

"What can my boy do as an engineer? - what should he learn, or where should he go to school?" These and similar questions are asked every day by anxious mothers and fathers. The boy himself, as he approaches manhood, begins at first vaguely, then seriously, to consider these matters, and inquires how he may get into some job which will ultimately open opportunities for advancement.

When we consider that each year there are ten thousand young men who start on an engineering course, and many others who would gladly do so if they knew how to proceed intelligently, the importance of a full and correct answer to these questions is apparent. If we assume that the cash outlay of the parents is at least $500 per year for these ten thousand young men, or $5,000,000 per annum, and that in addition there is an expenditure of time and energy which otherwise might be used in earning a living and represents the value of say another $5,000,000, the financial importance of this problem becomes apparent.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.