future of architecture

dec27
Wed, 30 May 2007 19:40:04 +0000

so…give it to me straight guys. lol. I’ve been interested in architecture for a long time, and at one point I had really thought that was what I should major in in college. But the threads I read sometimes make me think that the choice to go into architecture might be the wrong choice, due to…

-overcrowding of workforce; not enough jobs for all the grads.
-the jobs that grads do find are usually internships which leads to hopping from small job to small job for several years.
-the salary is one of the lowest of professional careers, and stays fairly low for several years into the job.

I’m not presenting those statements as facts, they are just what I’ve read and seen on the internet. One major deterrent is the site I saw a few months ago after google-ing architecture that stated that architecture was one of the worst jobs to have. A few months after that though and on an updated “top careers 2007” type website, arch. was listed as one of the very best. confusing!

I know that architecture is a career that you must really have a feel and desire for. I’m not wanting to be rich, i’m happy with 50-60,000 year after 5-10 years, which may be hard to come by even with arch. not sure about that.

If i was going to major in arch. it would be at Notre Dame. I’ll be attending there in the fall. I’m very much in to the school’s teaching of classical architecture and design.thanks for any posts guys.