Getting sued, and other tales of the engineering life

This book is a collection of anecdotal autobiographical sketches from the author's career and education. Its primary thesis is the importance of a liberal arts education as a preparation for the real issues an engineer will experience in his career. The author does not portray himself as a saint, but as a normal human trying to understand the situations in which he finds himself. In many ways these are situations are created by the clash of differing cultural value systems. It also examines in some thought provoking detail the educational values provided by an engineering education across generations. The author is a civil engineer, but the issues apply to any profession, not just engineering. One can read this just for the story-telling (Meehan is a great tale-weaver), or reread it for the reflections it provokes about one's own experiences