<p>Cyberfruit
Let me try to help you. I worked for 17 years in the architecture business. I hired probably 50 or 60 diffferent architects. I am writing these messages because you people who are going into architectural studies to become architects do not have a clue of what real architecture is like. One tenth of one percent of all architects ever get to draw or design anything. In a firm like SOM which has some 900 people maybe 3 do 98 percent of the design. They probably have a minimum of 12 to 15 years experience. Within a firm their are no open contests or forums to find the best designers. It is basically limited to the few.
I know this because I was one of those limited few. The rest of the designers in the firm do basically minor door or window details.
After becoming one of the limited few and 14 years experience I really made no kind of money. That kind of experience, and that kind of position in any other profession makes you a very good living.
Let me put it this way. Achitecture is what you know about building construction. Lintels, mullions, headers, grade beams, and facia’s, not freehand drawings and sketches. Most all design and drawing is done on CAD. What they have you do and learn in the architecture classes is nothing like you will do at an architectural firm. Example: You will train as a jockey, could be one of the best horse riders ever and start out shoveling manure and end up working in the stable. Pick another profession to pursue. I am telling you what very few really know, or will tell you about this profession. I am trying to save you, just like I wish someone would have done for me. If you need more specifics, write me I will explain more.
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