M.B.A., w/ focus in real estate

en, Apurimac, this is a good one. paid 3-4 times than being an architect

except investment is huge.

art history

possibly history/political science

chef school

mba

industrial design

pimpin'

environmental engineering

I'm considering becoming a physical therapy assistant.

mba... for expanded knowledge and perspective on business and also for the connections. they say a big part of the value of an mba is also the classmates you meet there... the social networking and shared experiences, friendships you make with important clients and partners...

or a post professional graduate degree in architecture, something you're interested in, knowledge valuable as a consultant, for teaching? maybe research in sustainable technologies etc. then teach and consult and work at a design firm when the economy turns around

or landscape architecture, which is just cool and interesting, diversify your skillset in design... :p

industrial design could be cool too

maybe something technical related to film? set design or special effects? computer animation...?

museum studies and exhibit design?

if you want to get into exhibit engineering (which is like arch but you have to have shop/construction/millwork experience to get looked at) then there's a bunch of houses/companies that also tap into doing build-outs for architects.

my friend started taking EMT courses and another friend took massage therapy courses..

another friend is going into the airforce and one went into IT

all depends on how you want to live.... do you want to stay broke, explore the world, relax,etc....

neuroradiology

MBA with a focus in RE

I'd probably be interested in something that involved the merging of infrastructure with ecosystems. Like a Landscape Architecture degree with a minor in Civil, or a degree in Biology or Geology or Hydrology or some other live/earth science and merged with design in some way. As the human footprint becomes more dense, I'm somewhat interested in how ecosystems become a part of that future.

I'd probably be interested in something that involved the merging of infrastructure with ecosystems. Like a Landscape Architecture degree with a minor in Civil, or a degree in Biology or Geology or Hydrology or some other live/earth science and merged with design in some way. As the human footprint becomes more dense, I'm somewhat interested in how ecosystems become a part of that future.

Practical - Law degree

Impractical - Geophysics

fillm

MIT Media Lab + MSRED dual degree

bRink, jaymo24: I'm just starting LanArch grad program after some years in film, and animation. naive me hehe

Teaching or medical assuming you're looking fo job security...

I'd finish my degree in computer science...

i truly enjoy architecture, and if i had it to do over again i would have gone straight from my B.Arch to an urban design/planning masters. Ive been out for almost 3 years now and its getting to the point where i dont know when or how ill be able to get away for 2 years to go back to school... debt sucks...


but if i could whimsically pick something to be good at, id definietly consider an Astrophysics path.... its probably the most interesting subject i could imagine

politics; english lit; philosphy

wait i am in school now! and i guess i am doing this stuff really now

Cognitive Science!

high energy physics

choice 2- medical illustrator/graphics

MLarch or Horticulture or some kind of degree that deals with sustainability.

Or go back to my roots and continue on with a grad degree International Relations... perhaps with an emphasis on Diplomacy.

Theological seminary.

I want to be a (wealthy) charismatic spiritual leader.

I'm not kidding.

egineering to a master in architecture.
an MBA sounds good too.

but, im still in school so this is all possible still.

lb, you could do that without the traditional education. you're already charismatic, no find a group of people who are willing to listen (not hard), and say something profound (also not hard)

double0707, film and landscape sounds like an interesting combination, who knows: maybe your film experience will bring a fresh perspective to your design work, and your landscape training can bring a fresh perspective to film?

I'm in arch school now and already minoring in math (focus topology). I don;t know for grad school, if I don't get into Vienna, SciArc, Columbia, MIT, or GSD...then I'll get my masters in math FOR SURE!

you definitely don't need school to become a spiritual leader, especially a wealthy one. in fact, i read somewhere that the quickest way to become wealthy in the united states is to start a church. oddly enough, that sounds about right.

i don't think i'd return for another grad degree...but if i could redo undergrad, then i would simply pick the easiest major possible and then simply let my good fortune carry me the rest of the way.

(Canadian) Constitutional Law

MBA with focus on Real Estate? Aren't those the people, and the MBAs with focus on Investment Banking the reason we are in the current shithole?
Its interesting how few people would have gotten into the sciences...

Neuroscience--that stuff in the Dollhouse show is freaking cool!
The mind = the final frontier.

If I were to stay in the design field I'd do a Bachelor Land arch and business (a minor if possible), work a few years and collect enough dough for M.arch.

Jesus, is an architecture degree really that bad?

http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=88242_0_42_0_C
http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=87892_0_42_0_C

I've never seen such great consensus on negative attributes about the career. It's making me have second thoughts before even learning or practicing it.

Don't be fooled rexxer, I'm pretty sure everyone here has an undying love for architecture, cynicism just comes with the territory. I must confess, I love cynical architecture banter-it's one of those things that gets me out of bed in the morning.

the degree isn't bad...but the career can be shitty. better to have second thoughts now than later.

Truth- I loved school; work- not so much.

There's a pretty huge disconnect between the academic and the professional side of architecture. Both have their ups and downs and both can be extremely rewarding, but school's better :D

Bring school to work.

Liberty Bell, you ARE a charismatic spiritual leader. As you guess I would be a motivational speaker - although I don't know how they are handling this financial crisis

There's some truth to this sameold, but this is a recurring shithole situation. Don't think for a second Wall St. is dead, just like people thought it was dead in '29. It just goes into periods of hibernation and for all the talk of "regulation" all they're gonna do is put a bunch of new rules on the board that everybody is just going to find loopholes in and over time, we'll be right back where we started. A developer has a much better chance of being able to predict the bubble bursting and get himself/herself out of harm's way, an architect has no prayer for the most part.

As for the sciences, sure i'd love to spend another 4-5 years in college getting a Ph.D in genetic engineering or something like that, but many of those fields in the sciences that pay well are extremely competitive and there are only so many slots for so many Ph.Ds. Besides, what i really want to do is build.

I dont want to be a doubter but,
I have an undergrad in Environmental Science, probably going to apply for MArch this summer. Interested in sustainable urban design, but not sure if the job prospects look any better after graduation. Im even still in debt from the undergrad, looks like the starving artist lifestyle may be it for the next 10 years.. AH! Is the job market really that bad?? I understand the current situation, but pre-recession and a few years down the road, how difficult is it going to be to get a job and get out of school debt??

and tc 79,
been thinking about culinary arts myself, dont think it pays wonderfullly either.


crizzler,

like what your saying about depends on how you want to live...
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