"The Victorious Engineer" is an annotated collection of essays by Joel Orr. The central theme is encouragement for the engineering professional--whether through the use of technology or development of character. Topics range from speculation on future technology to responsibility, duty, and integrity. These essays appeared as columns in CAE Magazine 1991-1998.
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Joel Orr is a well-known speaker, writer, and consultant in the future of technology and engineering automation. He has headed his own consulting firm, Orr Associates International, since 1974; most of teh Fortune 500 companies and many governments have relied on his advice for their technology strategies. He was an Autodesk Fellow from 1990 to 1993 and is presently the Bentley Engineering Laureate. Orr has six children and 14 grandchildren, and lives with his wife N'omi in Chesapeake, Virginia.
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For many years I read Joel Orr's back-page articles in Computer-Aided Engineering magazine. I found them insightful and surprisingly well-written for an engineering trade journal. This book, The Victorious Engineer, is a collection of his best articles. While some of the content is dated, which occurs rapidly with technology related topics, the basic message is timeless. Orr's essential underlying message for all engineers is integrity. The only way to succeed at engineering, or at anything in life, is with honesty, integrity, a positive attitude and a strong moral foundation. I would recommend this book for any undergraduate course on Engineering Ethics. It contains much more valuable, applicable didactic teachings than the typical book on this subject. His ethics are firmly footed in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
Because the articles were typically one to two pages, the chapters in this book are short and to the point. That does not make this a quick book to read; Orr's advice is very thought-provoking and reading just a few chapters kept me thinking about them for days. Orr's prose is the best I have ever read in an engineering related publication. Each of the chapters opens with a pertinent quote, drawing from both the familiar and the obscure. This book is one of the most influential engineering books I have read, and I highly recommend it. I hope Joel's new book is equally as good.
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- The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge on page 57, page 59, and Back Matter
- The Psychology of Winning by Denis Waitley on page 157, and Back Matter
- The Prodigal Girl (Grace Livingston Hill #56) by Grace Livingston Hill on page 152, and Back Matter
- The Psychology Of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman on page 21, and Back Matter
- Hidden History: Exploring Our Secret Past by Daniel J. Boorstin on page 116, and Back Matter
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- Every Man a Hero, Every Woman a Coach by Joel N. Orr in Front Matter
- Structure is Destiny: The Dandelion Paradox by Joel Orr in Back Matter
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