shaming young fresh-faced in-awe new grads will never happen...it is not a realistic solution...

the only thiing that will change this dynamic is legal action. first, making it illegal (like in medicine) or --so difficult it is almost impossible (like in law)-- for any building or renovation to be done without an architect, thereby bolstering the profession. second, forming a union, something like SAG, so that architects cannot hire people for cheap/free.

otherwise, just get used to it. this is the way it is.

this is my problem with the AIA, NCARB IDP etc...they make it much more difficult for someone to become an architect. but they do little to nothing that is effective at raising wages or salaries or protecting the overall interests of the profession by fighting the builders/developers/etc. talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

i understand the frustration in mnmckee24's response to my post ...

however, i think he (she) misunderstands my comment ... it just seems to me unwise to take on a ton of debt to earn a degree in a profession that historically has paid poorly ... at all levels ... that seems a certain path to misery ... and avoidable

there are a lot of things that i wish ... i wish i earned more money ... i wish college weren't so expensive ... i wish my work showed up on the cover of architectural journals each month ... wishing doesn't make it so

we all must exercise a reasonable degree of good judgment in our lives in order to avoid misery ... so many posts on this forum exude so much misery ...

i wish it were not so ...