<p>rick12, thanks so much for all the great info and insight about the field. </p>
<p>You’re right rick12. My dd should have a good indication where she stands among her peers. My guess is that sometimes she gets a bit insecure because she really likes arch and really wants to do well. Based on everything dd tells me about her projects, reviews, etc., etc., she’s doing pretty good.</p>
<p>Thanks for the heads up about talent and explanation that talent by itself is not enough because drive, passion, work ethic, dedication are also essential to be top designer arch.
Every time my dd talks to me about arch is about design. Maybe she likes design the most or maybe she doesn’t know about anything else as you said it --school doesn’t give students much options/alternatives besides design. </p>
<p>Again, excuse my question (a non arch here). when you say “There are many good jobs in the profession, not just the lead designer. For every design director there are probably ten other architects who are leading firms and/or major projects and living a challenging and rewarding professional life.” what type of jobs are those? could you give some examples?</p>
<p>Again, thanks so much. I really appreciate all the info about the field.</p>