<p>Namaan, sorry I did not see your question. An architect is a generalist who spends a great deal of time dealing in ambiguity. Does this design look good or bad, what does the owner mean when he says he wants a spiritual building, given the budget which are the most important programmatic needs? All of these can have multiple answers. I always envied engineers, when the owner would ask ‘can we make this duct smaller?’ they got out a calculator, punched in a few numbers and then said ‘no’. Wish I could do the same when my designs were questioned. Even if you have not taken art, are you attracted to the aesthetic qualities of objects? Like the curves of an Aston Martin, or the design of a Mac Book Pro case? If you have little or no aesthetic curiosity than maybe architecture is not the right choice.</p>
<p>Civil engineers are involved in fairly complex 3D calculations of road layouts, site slopes, and even developing the most efficient layouts of suburban housing lots. In this country it can be very lucrative if you get involved with highway design. If you like solving problems and knowing that you are either right or wrong, then engineering is for you. We have quite a few engineers in our firm who started out in architecture, but the seemingly arbitrary nature of their professor’s judgements drove them to engineering. You need to take a hard look in the mirror and decide what your real personality type is and what will make you happy.</p>
<p>rick</p>