I am a graduate student at University of London. I graduated from UNC-Charlotte in USA and went overseas to get my M.Arch. I was wondering what kind of career path the concensus would be? I have done lots of work in the construction/project management side of business but really really like design. I got offered a project manager position for 60k and a Intern Architect for 45k. I still have a year and a half to do on my IDP so what should I do? Be a project manager get all my IDP done and gain large amounts of experience in construction and then go work for a big firm as a project manager/designer? or what?
do what you love and do what it takes to get there.
if you like design more, you'll deal with the lower pay because you'll be happier with what you're doing. and you'll be more successful because you'll actually be really excited by what you're doing.
unless you think that by being a PM you can gain enough influence to get ahead as a designer later. i don't know if things work that way though.
Jul 29, 08 5:11 pm ·
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I am a graduate student at University of London. I graduated from UNC-Charlotte in USA and went overseas to get my M.Arch. I was wondering what kind of career path the concensus would be? I have done lots of work in the construction/project management side of business but really really like design. I got offered a project manager position for 60k and a Intern Architect for 45k. I still have a year and a half to do on my IDP so what should I do? Be a project manager get all my IDP done and gain large amounts of experience in construction and then go work for a big firm as a project manager/designer? or what?
my advice would be, if you went to london to get a master's...
stay in london or europe.
in which case, IDP doesn't mean shit (not that it really does anyway)
maybe someone else can give more detail on this but the u work in construction the harder it will be to shift to a career as a designer....
do what you love and do what it takes to get there.
if you like design more, you'll deal with the lower pay because you'll be happier with what you're doing. and you'll be more successful because you'll actually be really excited by what you're doing.
unless you think that by being a PM you can gain enough influence to get ahead as a designer later. i don't know if things work that way though.
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