Little has been written about the value of professional mentorship in the field of civil engineering, yet most would argue its importance. New engineers, new faculty, and new professionals in nearly every field benefit disproportionately from effective, timely, and sustained mentoring. Their careers are launched on a positive trajectory, their careers develop, and they advance more quickly, they often find more professional satisfaction in their careers, and – not surprisingly – they often go on to become mentors in their own right. In this paper, the authors (both civil engineers and leaders, one in professional practice and one in academia) reflect on two important mentors they were fortunate enough to share. We wrote this paper for three purposes: (1) to highlight the importance of great mentors to one’s career, (2) to thank two individuals that had profound impacts on us both, and (3) to inspire others so seek out mentors, to commit to being a mentor, and to find as much joy in participating on both sides of the mentor–mentee relationship as we have found in our careers.

关于专业指导在土木工程领域的价值的文献很少，但大多数人都认为其重要性。几乎每个领域的新工程师，新教职员工和新专业人员都将从有效，及时和持续的指导中受益匪浅。他们的职业发展处于积极的轨道上，他们的职业发展，并且发展更快，他们通常会在职业中找到更多的职业满意度，并且-不足为奇的是-他们经常继续成为自己的导师。在本文中，作者（土木工程师和领导者，一名是专业实践人士，另一名是学术界人士）对两位重要的导师进行了反思，他们有幸分享了这一观点。我们写这篇论文有以下三个目的：（1）强调伟大导师对一个人的职业的重要性，