you'll get paid somewhere between $12-20 an hour, depending on your level of education.

you should live near where you work so you can bike/take the bus, i assume you wont have a car.

rent is around $900-1000/mo. in all those places for a 1 bedroom...im sure you could find a cheaper sublet somewhere though, if you just need a room.

look at SPFa in Culver city

justavisual

who is paying their interns $20 an hr???? Let me know

@justavisual: what about taxes?

@mdler: their work looks great... but are they hiring? I don't see any info on their website...

if u know about any other nice office let me know...

ron

they are probably hiring...they are getting more and more work.

Many offices dont put info about them hiring all the time on thier websites

mdler-

i had not heard of them until now, looks and sounds pretty good...do you know of anyone who works or had worked there? good experience, good pay?

don't worry ron - i need a job, job...not trying to steal your internship ;)

i worked there....it was okay, but I lived too far away to stay (1.5 hr each way)

yikes! that's a lot of time to be stuck in traffic...

haha small world, mdler...are you at make now?

and also, ive gotten $20 hr, i'm not saying where but you should have the balls to ask for what you want. you'll be surprised what you can get sometimes.

spf:a is good as well...i considered them.

if you're european, do you have a work permit? and yeah, i forgot about taxes. :/

theres a thread somewhere listing the la offices, i'll link it when i get home, its in my favs.

justavisual

im not at make, but good friends with bill

@justavisual:

I am, but thats not a problem, I can get an exchange visitor visa

what will taxes cost me?

thanks...

Zoltan and Judi as employers? Not for me.

here's that link i promised:

http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=P17457_0_42_0_C

janosh

judi is pretty hot

justavisual, you know of a 1 bedroom for $900 in Santa Monica??? Or even $1000???

Realistically, Ron you will likely get paid around $10 if you are a student intern.

You can expect to pay rent as low as $600, but you'll definitely have roommates. The best place to look would be near universities. Near USC if you work down town. Near UCLA (Palms, Culver City) if you work in West LA.

Since we are downtown, many of our Euro interns live in Koreatown or the USC area.

everyone knows you can barely live off $10/hr. if you're past 2nd year you shouldn't have to settle for that anyway.
dont bother working for such little money, stay in europe.
getting mistreated at some sucker office that doesnt pay worth a damn won't make your summer here any good.

you can get a bedroom in a 2+2 for $1000 in santa monica,
and a 1 bedroom all to yourself in culver city for $900+.
lets stop arguing about rent please.

check: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/
to get some idea.

We are paying $14-16 an hour for interns. Can't say if that is representative.

how much did monica lewinsky make as an intern?

@Janosh
"Zoltan and Judi as employers? Not for me."
I actually like their work... what's wrong with them?

"We are paying $14-16 an hour for interns. Can't say if that is representative."
Don't you need another one? just won the last competition I was in (Europan 9 - along with a 27 years old architect and another student)..


@justavisual
3rd year architecture student.


@garpike
Safe & Clean. that's all I need...

if you're third year...im gonna say 13-15/hr is a good guess.

best of luck!

what about taxes.. can someone give me a clue?

i cant comment, you'll have to figure that out yourself...

however, my one experience working abroad (UK) if i earned under a certain amount, which i did since it was just a 3 month thing for summer, i didnt pay tax!

we may have the same system here in the US?