It'd make reading threads hard. You'd have to read backwards.

you mean like when they "feature" comments? yes, I don't mind, I just want to see what's been said more recently first.

Tried my mightiest to no avail.

Salary or hourly?

My firm is hourly until you hit a cutoff at around 15 yrs total experience. So I'm hourly.

What does 15 yrs experience have to do with salary or hourly? Sounds weird. How much experience do u have? Is this a regular occurence? Has your boss generally been good to you? Hard to comment on specific situation without knowing more about your relationship with your boss but it's generally a good experience to learn
how to say no.

Yeah it's not a set 15 years... Very similar to som model ... At a certain point, you switch from hourly to salary, just much later than som usually does, for example.

I have been. Along with this lingering, pestering hald-idea half-feeling that I should start my own practice.

Recently got a side job from the superintendent of my latest project with the firm I work at and I could probably fanagle a teaching job in the autumn while filling in with writing and other stuff. It's still a big step to contemplate.

Any feeling of "security" you have now is illusionary. Be confident in yourself, in the end that's all you've got.

Starting my own firm worked for me! (sing to the tune of "hooked on phonics")

I believe Monumental Stair is the term d'art

I hear both terms. Same thing. Except grand is pronounced graaaand.

I like those simply detailed steel and concrete stairs the modernists used. Corbu's fire stair in the Carpenter Center is nicer than most of the "Graaaand Stairs" i've ever seen designed.

Guess you hate the Spanish Steps at the Piazza di Spagna then.

No I don't hate the Piazza di Spagna.

Depends on how much do you know of their capabilities after graduation and some years of work; I've had some people asking for a helping hand and I couldn't really recommend them based on my experience working with them. It reflects on you if the "friend" is not as capable as you hope or remember.

I've always extended solid opportunities to my fellow classmates when one is looking for new employment.

There's always a risk in helping to the point of getting someone an actual job, I still put my neck out there and did it. I knew then that landing that first job was more about who you knew than much else, so I helped out a classmate. But in this case the total lack of any assistance at all levels, friends, classmates, professors, etc. at a point in the market at which I hear it's tough to find anyone, is appalling.

call them on it.

I got a friend a job once. It didn't go well cause then she tried to be my boss and I didn't take to it very well and left.

Good luck running after him from now on :)

My kid just started crawling and already hit warp speed, he's suddenly everywhere at the same time.

Yes, relativity does not affect them.

Get him a soccer ball to kick around... then you can yell at him."I told you not to play with that in the house!" :D

but I encourage the kicking and throwing of balls in the house.

My first kid was hiking in the mountains on her own two feet at 10.5 months. Second one is a lazy one. Not even interested in crawling at 9 months. Must sit on my lap all day long, mama's boy.

Tint, mine just started taking steps unassisted at 21month...

Grats on the kiddo, let's hope mini NS doesn't learn to spell the canadian way.

You mean, the correct way?

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mini

perfectly executed, techie. also, shame about your dumbfuck kid, NS

I see where you're going Archie. I thought you were referring to my use of Canadian English. Splines, that's uncalled for.

[Edit] Place, don't get too personal.

...and you're fine with some wanker taking cheap shots at another's toddler?

yeah okay. actual sincere apologies to you, NS. it was meant to be a joke, but the intended tone didn't translate. 

Fair enough splines. I Appreciate the response.

not enough jelly

I blame Trump

It was the Russians.

NS - You blame everything on Trump tho, even the death of the neighbour's cat lel

I hate cats, cats are dumb and evil. I don't care if trump killed the cat or not.

That's 1 thing you didn't blame others for! Yay!

when a post gets removed because the maker of some shitty portfolio gets their feewings hurt, the account gets removed from the whole thread. the pbts accounts with underscores are all me, but that dipshit platzz is most definitely not.

except that it's not a unique event...

My ions have been waaaaay out of balance this week.

Never said it was unique.

That's a catastrophic failure. Going to be interesting to see what happened.

DAMN...

these guys look happy http://www.mcm-us.com/news/mcm-awarded-fiu-pedestrian-bridge-project#.WqreduzwaUk

http://www.mcm-us.com/about-us/executive-board

Let me know if you want to be done here too.

"As this is a discussion, I suggest maybe the title be relabeled "Shitty Architecture People" (SAP). There may be a case out there where it is a women that is committing wrong. It keeps the list legitimate. We don't need a SAM and SAW list. One list is good enough. Other than that, I think the goal is fine. Sexual harassment, discrimination and like issues is wrong whether the perpetrator is man or women. (Only comment I need to say here.) The label just seems to give the implied impression that it is about targeting only men. The same tool should be applied regardless of gender. We may also learn more about those issues of woman being "Shitty" (whether it be sexual discrimination, sexual harassment or otherwise.) - over and out. RB-A"

Where in the above did you suggest that again?

For Sean connery’s sake... can that hermit dog himself an even deeper hole? Wait... he most certainly can. Damn.

*dig

I say post the email. I did.

This is currently only affecting forum moderators. Fix will be coming soon.

Wait - Archinect has moderators? Count me as surprised. No one has ever mentioned it.

same... seemed like a good and safe place to trap dumb ideas. Now without the quarantine, they will spread out to other discussions.

b3ta requested that it be nuked

He indeed isn't one for free speech QED.

Hating Bjarke is the new loving Bjarke.

he's got a 17 in the "do you recognize this behavior" column. please don't tell me that's why you started liking him....

There is a spreadsheet out there

RB suffered a cranial-rectal inversion, threatened Donna via email, then tried to deny it with a new thread which was nuked, along with his account (I hope). All of which was inspired(?) by the shitty men thread and Dick Meier.

In all seriousness, has anyone made any inquiries into whether he needs help? I wouldn't want to be in a situation where warnings were ignored because someone seemed harmless.

That's my point. If he's crossed the line to actual threats, then the local authorities should be made aware. The authorities can decide what to do with the information, but when people who are not anonymous are being threatened, actions should be taken to protect them. Just my $0.02.

Not Balkins related, but heading home last night, we stopped at a rest area on the highway and witnessed the start of a domestic dispute that turned violent when the women attempted to run over a man with her car. They promptly left, together, but not without us and some staff attempting an intervention. 30mins later we saw the vehicle pulled to the side with 4 police cruisers. We are certain that that night would have ended differently and badly had we not alerted the authorities. True story.

^Yes, there were complaints made although I do not remember the results. The flames form the dumpster were too much to bare.

Non - you Canucks are some crazy dangerous people. No wonder the US is armed to the teeth.

Isn't it obvious Rick has some mental issues? He surely has a reduced mental/social capacity, I think all the mocking, teasing and bullying isn't really helping his condition/situation either. Think he needs professional help before things get really out of hand and he might either harm himself or lash out. Aren't there some procedures in the US to notify authorities?

When he sent threats to me, they were not threats of violence - they were threats of harassment by contacting my state board and my employer with baseless accusations. I'm not sure that rises to the level of reportable. I just changed my name here and turned off the ability to message me. By his own accounts he was sent to somebody at his university to evaluate him after he deliberately intimidated an administrator. He also admitted to hosting on his website some acquaintance's photos, which may or may not have involved stalking on that other person's part - that seemed to be a matter of debate on another forum. The latter incident seemed more like RB was being manipulated - i.e. more the naive, unwitting accomplice than a first-hand stalker. Some things he's said about his parents also make me wonder if he's living in some sort of Turpin-family scenario. So who does one call about that? The police? Social services?

Sounds more like something for social services / mental health professionals.

In the US those services are basically non-existent until after the fact.

That explains a lot.

I've conversed with RB in email too. He never threatened me. I told him I would help him find any kind of help he needed and I would help him figure out what kind of help that could be too. Never heard back.

RB has now explicitly stated that it is his intent to be "a pain in the ass SUPER-Troll". Isn't that enough to give him the boot?

The multiple-pseudo-petes was getting way too confusing. So Sneaky is/always was a different one ?

I've never had any other nicknames on here, and I don't have any sock puppets.

PP should have stayed Olaf.

You killed him.

The helpful, smart, funny, creative, positive, and kind one can stay. Get rid of the rest of them.

Yeah, the pot stirring is a bit off putting, especially when the alternative is so much better.

I like Chris.

Once you go positive you will wonder why you were ever negative. Life is too short. Thought experiments and pot stirring can be positive and kind. Positivity is like learning to fly when everyone else is crawling. I was really excited when you declared positivity, but I'm not seeing it.

If you can be non-sensical, you can be positive.

and several hours past my prediction. I owe someone a Guinness then.

I missed most of it, but I don't think I miss it.

Maybe it simply moved to my email, I'll check my inbox, seems to be a thing these days.

I'm not a fan of deleting evidence of bad behavior, nor of the names of banned members disappearing from the posts they have made. It removes consequences of ones actions on the internet. While I post anonymously, what I say here should not become unattributed to me if I get myself banned.

Agreed, wasn't the internet supposed to be forever?

Time will tell. I called for his removal along with his Donna thread, but only the thread got axed. Maybe this time is different?

Nope, he's back at it, in the "Libertarianism" thread.

I left Archinect for a year when he commandeered the forums. Must have been off his meds. Between him and jla-x maybe it's time to go again.

Just putting him on ignore has kept my blood pressure down. He can't commandeer the forum if most of us don't see him or engage.

^ Grown-up solution +++

I must have missed out on something, my name came up? I don't know what's going on but in any case I'm all for a total ban on Richard Balkins. He doesn't offer anything constructive, and what worries me is: I know I can ignore him, but new visitors to the forum won't know that this person who carries on (and on and on and on) about things somewhat related to architecture is usually saying things that are wrong.

Donna, Ricardo Balkachino Jr posted some apology threads directed at you. They were along the lines of "sorry, but not sorry, because of poor logic".

You also missed a direct back and forth with b3ta, and at least two threads that have been nuked. Like a dumpster fire, but much less entertaining.

very much less entertaining. although, i will say my photos from Universal's Halloween spectacular did come in handy.

I fired the first contractor I hired to do work on our house on the first day. Expensive solution with no alternative or even basic explanation of what that cost gets me? Sorry, but no thanks.

I got this guy down half price yesterday but I still way overpaid for what he did. Scam artists. But at least he taught me some stuff, so I'll take the lesson for the extra money. He said "lube" about 40 times. Dude.

In my experience I or my firm has generally been mentioned/credited at the ribbon cutting or project-warming or whatever. I haven't experienced many of these where there was much if any speaking by anyone other than the owner, OPM, building committee, or major donors/funders. If it were part of the program for someone else on the team to speak, I'd expect that to be the CM if it's a CM project, or the architect and/or GC on a GC project. Personally I'd rather have my firm just recognized, and am happy most of these things aren't speaking engagements. The only time I've really felt slighted was on a mid-sized commercial project where we were completely left off the toast list at the opening party. The OPM later apologized personally - he said that it wasn't typical in their company to hire an architect, and some of the upper management wasn't aware that he had done so on that project. We didn't know until then that we were a secret! He later asked that we not use the project in our online portfolio - we did take the name off but their corporate branding is pretty obvious in the photos, and I'm not taking it down.

Those are normally celebratory occasions where also the architects are mentioned, thanked or even say a few words...very unusual to be snubbed in my experience.

Every time for us, random...

Today, was lisenng to someone who was telling me about how they designed their own house, on and on. Pressing for details, because, frankly, I was impressed that they did it themselves and wanted to hear about their experience, they eventually said they just picked options from what the designer gave them from some choices. And it was really really hard and overwhelming to pick from those options they said! Lol. But they were the designer! Pure innocent delusion.

I attended a friend's wedding, which they had at their new in-laws home. This home was, for no more appropriate term, bitchin'. Every detail was worked out, nothing came from a kit-of-parts that you usually see from a custom home outfit. So I had to ask, turns out they initially worked with a custom home business, and quickly found that there was nothing custom at all about what they were going to get, so they hired an architecture prof. from a nearby Uni who not only worked the design out with them, but also did the CA. The way they talked about the custom home people gave me a bad taste, it's hard to believe anyone would put up with that process knowing you're not really getting what you want while laying out some pretty good money. ANYWAY, I guess if I wanted recognition I would've chosen another profession, but the point stands.

What were you looking at you perv ;)

Floorplans.

Sexy sexy floorplans.

Ah okay, so section got jealous, careful there, make section feel sexy too!

Wall Sextions.

Sounds legit.

I like how both castle and chateau are used in the same description.

What, no zoo? Pass.

that two living room credit card guy is everywhere. he emails me about twice a week.

I’m getting all the crazies

I’m getting all the crazies

Here’s today’s crazy

I would like to introduce to you our company Sie. My name is Derek Emery Sie Badio. Sie is a new file format in computers. It allows us to connect to the land with Sierra Nevada, Sierra Madre, and Sierra Vista in the USA. With my name Sie, the Sie Software, and the Sie in the land, we can install architectural plans in the ground which installs building logic in the words of the planet. This is also useful with plans and planet. Sie also has Sierozems for Soil in the software. It has Sienites for rocks. It has Siemens for conductivity. It has Siesta for sleeping. It has Siege. It has Si for Yes.
With our logic for Sie and its translation reversal in text we have EIS, Environmental Impact Statements. We have Environmental Seismic Intensity Scale. We have Institution of Environmental Sciences. We have the Information Sharing Environment.

We have the acronym, Seismic Infrasonic Engineering. We can measure with our body as Badio which is a voice controlled computer and sound and vibration meter. With this we can install the building logic into the land. We are able to 3D print the building with the land as the materials, the desktop computer as the computer, and Sie in Derek Emery Sie Badio as the 01 Hz construction person. All are equipped with 01 Hz technology, with Sierra Vista as Windows Vista, Derek Emery Sie Badio as Badio with Sie, and a computer with Sie software.We haven’t printed a building yet. However, our software needs a project to 3D print, with actual numbers. A picture of the Sie software is attached. It shows that the software is ready in the bottom left corner. We installed the binary for our design and software, and the software displayed “Ready”. We are ready to work on any project. Our phone number is 401-941-6484, if you would like to talk to us.

Regards,


Derek Emery Sie Badio
Sie

I've got some Goose Island selections for celebration/farewell drinks tonight. A few of them are over 10% abv.

I'll take a free hug. Tintt, if it helps, I know a few of my female classmates who now own or started their own firms... but I'd say a fair share went into academia.

I’ll take hugs but what I really need is for someone to repeatedly beat me in the head with a seasoned 2 by 4.

And thank god for teaching jobs!

i've had plenty of 2x4 beatings. i could switch them out for hugs.

And the bridge with fake structure fell.

Good article and interview. I'm officially old I now know because when I go out to eat I'm like, why does all the waitstaff look like they are homeless and why do they all talk with a whine followed by a giggle?

I've been watching more Rogan videos. They are smoking pot in this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLgTy0eu1oY

How's that Ignore User feature working out for you?

I know it's there, tracked all over the forum as if from a pig farmer's boots, but at least I don't have to smell it. Still, it brings the whole forum down.

Generates a lot of traffic, advertisers must be over the moon!

Oh, why did I go and look at ricky's posts there.... An assault by wall of text.

Ya mean Rick is sponsored by archinect to drive traffic for advertisers?

^ive made a similar claim

Damn phone. I’ve made a similar claim during his last exile period.

I had a client yesterday who was pissed at roof scupper flashing. I handled it within the hour like a boss. Bankin favours for future projects!

I read that as "Balkins favours for future projects!"

I read it as Balkin flavors, like something you sprinkle over popcorn.

Ewwwww

I finally ignored him too. I tried to hold out but can't anymore.

Only one?

You must be refering to TrogIodytarum? He/she/it is fun.

Fun if you know to take pretty much everything said and do the opposite, otherwise...

Shitty Moms?

Shitty Moms In Architecture, yes. I'm on that list, whose Venn diagram forms a perfect circle with the Superhero Moms In Architecture list, by the way!

Good to know.

Teaching my kid how to refinish wood floors today. I love working with my hands!

ask how they accommodate upper deckers!

wait... how does that work?

Last day at old office was yesterday, first day at new office is Monday. I've been working on a painting all day and it has been lovely.

didn't you just start a new job?

Me? No. I was at my last place 5 and a half years

Don't let it get you down, only three more days to go! Just force yourself to get out of bed in the morning and always do the dishes before you go to bed ;)

Oh, I'm not down at all. I've been painting the last two days - and it has been very enjoyable. It was more of a tongue-in-cheek post.

What did I miss?

nothing much. Someone spawned with "Non Seequeetur" tag and answered a bunch of discussions with contrarian, or insulting responses.

That wasn't me, but wasn't there some earlier contretemps about a user name similar to place-beyond-the-splines being imitated? I think I blocked that person.

You mess with yourself enough as it is.

What ever happened to Pritchard Stalkins??

Yes, if Harvard has a veterinary school and you found the time for electives.

Be careful what you wish for-you may get it.

You need to ask them if they are submitting for the award first. If they are, you can't, and if they don't give you permission, you can't, but if they don't want the bother of going through the submittal process they might tell you to go for it as long as they are credited.

That seems like a tricky one - it may be ok in some instances (for example a former coworker submitted one of my previous firm's projects that he worked on for the YAF exhibit at the AIA convention), but I could see this pissing people off too. Maybe reach out to your former firm and see? It might get them to want to submit for said award and then you can share the glory when you win.

Thanks Donna, that's exactly the advice I was looking for.

Hire Pixar to do it for you.

"There's an app for that."

Blender.

Maybe because it's sponsored? I don't know, just guessing.

is there any way to change that setting, it would be nice to make comments...

With powers...

no powers here.

Marc - all of our sponsored articles have comments turned off.