| Too true, working for yourself is always a gamble. The other thing that factors into people talking about architects as having low salaries is the idea of return on investment: once you've factored in the cost of 5-7 years of schooling, exam fees, AIA dues, etc. that $100k (only reached after working for over 20 years, mind) doesn't sound quite as hot. People compare this to engineering, business, or development, and see that architects make a bigger investment for a smaller gain, and that leads them to say the salaries are low. So empirically they aren't so low--there are plenty of people making less than architects--but the cost/benefit ratio is on the lower end. |