2024-05-03T22:37:16-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150169047/don-t-be-a-spoon-fed-professional Sean Joyner 2019-11-07T18:36:00-05:00 >2019-11-12T10:38:37-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2a/2a9afacb28d4deef57add325126a5dfe.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In our professional growth, learning new skills and gaining new knowledge are foundational to our progress. Mentors guide our trajectory, and our experiences sharpen our competency. However, we can't always rely on the received information presented to us by other people. Instead, in many cases, we will need to proactively put forth our own effort to gain the knowledge required to elevate ourselves to a higher level.</p> <p>I remember in my second year of professional work I expressed to my project manager that I wanted to start drawing wall details. I had been picking up a lot of redlines for wall details on a project that had multiple buildings and the team was going to start on a new building. Instead of doing redlines I wanted to be a part of <em>creating</em> the wall details for the DD package we were working on for this new structure.</p> <p>"Okay, now you're doing wall details," he told me, "but keep in mind, it's probably going to take you a lot longer than the work you've been comfortable with. ...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150135447/is-age-just-a-number-when-it-comes-to-a-career-in-architecture Katherine Guimapang 2019-05-08T18:27:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b6/b61fb1108aa05bc35a8168aee492dd44.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Architect and urban designer Matthew Frederick states in his book, <em>101 Things I Learned in Architecture School</em>, "architects are late bloomers. Most architects do not hit their professional stride until around age 50!" Taking Frederick's statement into consideration how does age play into an individual's job decision and transition over time? How does age affect individuals exploring a new career in architecture?</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/52/52325434c15e26f477c1309a5f80f725.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/52/52325434c15e26f477c1309a5f80f725.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Peak Age for Job Switches: Teenage and Twenties. Image &copy; Nathan Yau | Flowing Data (<a href="https://flowingdata.com/2019/05/01/age-job-switch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View full graph here</a>)</figcaption></figure><p>Statistician <a href="https://flowingdata.com/about-nathan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nathan Yau</a> uses his professional experience with data and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/619161/data-visualization" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">data visualization</a> to create a graphic exploring the correlation between age and 100 common jobs individuals switch to overtime. Ranging from age 15 to 90 each job is listed on its own timeline. Any peaks within the timeline reflect the age where individuals are most likely to make a job switch. With this&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/17638/data" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">data</a>, Yau then organizes the graph ranking jobs people are more likely to have when they are young...</p>