I am recently laid off... and looking for a job (I'm also a landscape architect, not an architect, but I find this board consistently more interesting than some others out there).
I have a question or two after doing countless keyword searches on various online job banks: When did "architecture" come to refer exclusively to computer programming? And can these computer folks call themselves architects if they are not licensed?
I've been using 'google alerts' to find work in architecture and everyday I receive job notices for software "architects". I'm sure if I applied to some of these jobs, they would say, "you're not an architect!"
I feel that the AIA should be doing more to protect the title and profession. It makes my blood boil, when people who are engaging in architecture, but are not licensed in the United States are not allowed to call themselves Architects, but other professionals in unrelated fields are allowed to use the title.
I was at a networking event yesterday and had "architect" under my name tag. A guy came up to me an said "you're an IT guy I need one of those", I said "I'm an actual unlicensed architect, not an IT designer".
it is annoying. i don't mind if they call themselves "software architects" but then file it under software not architect. obviously there are landscape architects, naval architects, interior architects. i'm sure they all suffer the same issue.
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I am recently laid off... and looking for a job (I'm also a landscape architect, not an architect, but I find this board consistently more interesting than some others out there).
I have a question or two after doing countless keyword searches on various online job banks: When did "architecture" come to refer exclusively to computer programming? And can these computer folks call themselves architects if they are not licensed?
Grrr.
Back to the trenches.
Another example of why architects need to take the profession back!
Seriously, I was given a business card by some computer nerd once and it really truly said "ARCHITECT."
I've been using 'google alerts' to find work in architecture and everyday I receive job notices for software "architects". I'm sure if I applied to some of these jobs, they would say, "you're not an architect!"
I feel that the AIA should be doing more to protect the title and profession. It makes my blood boil, when people who are engaging in architecture, but are not licensed in the United States are not allowed to call themselves Architects, but other professionals in unrelated fields are allowed to use the title.
^Agreed.
I was at a networking event yesterday and had "architect" under my name tag. A guy came up to me an said "you're an IT guy I need one of those", I said "I'm an actual unlicensed architect, not an IT designer".
Since 'The Matrix Reloaded'..
it is annoying. i don't mind if they call themselves "software architects" but then file it under software not architect. obviously there are landscape architects, naval architects, interior architects. i'm sure they all suffer the same issue.
I know a lot of tree-surgeons, but I don't know any that simply put "surgeon" on their business cards...
I guess my friend who is a bartender could be a "pain management specialist," that makes some sense.
I could see someone using the term "pastry architect." I almost kind of like that, in a Hansel & Gretel kind of way.
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