2024-05-04T13:10:41-04:00 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>