#12 ability to answer the query what do you do with one word (well, one word within a three-and-a-half word sentence): I'm an architect. None of this "I'm the assistant supervisor for the human resources department of a multi-national blah blah blah…"
^ Nope. Industrial design @ RISD. Grew up in an architect's office (literally) and bailed out of the architecture program as soon as I saw how clueless everyone was. Professors and students alike. Freidrich St. Florian was head of the architecture program, thesis projects were required to be presented as isometric murals in ink on vellum. Everyone was scraping ink with razor blades. You would have loved it.
Ha. Well, thinking back at a-school at some of the feminists, chicks whose butch quotient was too high, or were generally cold fish, that's probably the genesis of it.
25. Going around a city or a neighborhood and labeling styles and elements correctly, and impressing others in the process. I rather like labeling.
I worked for an architect while still in undergrad who would put his business card on the dash of his car when he needed to double park downtown, work related or not.
So
#27. Using "It's OK, I'm an Architect" to avoid (maybe) parking tickets.
am i inferior to you now, since i have a mug of coffee? or was 'smug' intended as a compliment? it didn't come off that way.
turned a "pro" forum thread into an attack thread :(
Oh, come now. Mine is always filled with Earl Grey tea. And I'm not even a fan of the Brits.
32. You have an easier time picking out clothes, because everything is black, brown, gray, and occasionally white, unless you decide to be a trailblazer and go with apricot.
35. Being able to make stuff up out of thin air. Literally, we can take an emtpy site, wave our hands, and then a coulple years later, poof: a flaming piece of shit appears!
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36. Similar to making things up, unlike the rest of the construction industry, we don't actually have to build much of anything to make a living.
38. Compared to just about any other way to make a living, architecture is fun.
There are many ways to make a living in architecture, but one of the best ways to be successful is to have lots of knowledge about lots of things. I greatly enjoy learning a new building type, whether it's just a construction method, or a new business that is just taking off, there is always something new to wrap your head around.
I am not one of those guys who got into architecture for the art or the theory. I got into it because I like drafting. I like putting together a set of drawings. I like solving problems. I like learning. I have respect for the artsy types, but that isn't me.
Pros of Being An Architect
Rules:
Each entry must be pre-numbered. Example: Pro #1, 2, 3, etc...
To make this as diverse of a thread as possible, I ask that everyone please post only one numbered Pro in this thread.
I'll start (you can follow my numbering example):
Pro #1: You can directly contribute to people's everyday life experiences and memories by creating built environments that they utilize.
#1 Babes. Lot's of hot babes.
babes would be #2
pro #3: free lunch at lunch'n'learns
Let's see which one of these threads will still be here in the morning. It will determine whether or not the pro's outweigh the con's.
#5 - Lots of free time to engage in meaningless web fluff!
#6 huge presence in movie and or tv characters
#7 - Envy of people who don't know enough to pity us.
#8 You can become a millionaire by helping people create solutions to problems that make the world a better place.
#9 Isn't the saying, "architect's do it with models"
#10 only architects can pull off these frames
#11 the privilege to brag to our friends who're not in the field about how much we make
#12 ability to answer the query what do you do with one word (well, one word within a three-and-a-half word sentence): I'm an architect. None of this "I'm the assistant supervisor for the human resources department of a multi-national blah blah blah…"
I'm an architect. I love this sentence.
#13 reading pages and pages of cons from miles
#14 The rare client who actually makes you think you didn't make such a bad career choice after all.
# 15 You may turn into a moderate, or possibly even a conservative, as a knee-jerk reaction
^ That's supposed to be a PRO?!
^ Moderate definitely is. Conservative ... not so much.
#16 Being referred to as a "Renaissance" person.
#17 X-ray vision.
#666 Being flown around for gigs is hot.
You trying to derail this train well boi?!
#18 You can relate to the drunk homeless guy that you see daily wearing the fake knee brace.
#19 It is okay to be a 'stoner'.
^ I guess that should be #420, but I'm too stoned to fix it.
#1 You don't have to follow the rulez.
^ *wink*
20. Misogyny.
21. You're encouraged to create a personal point of view.
#22. No one REALLY knows what you do. ….or maybe thats a con…..
22. You can drink at work ( sometimes) also makes us closer to said homeless man in alley
#23 - The intensely competitive nature of our industry - it's motivating and inspirational
^ Nope. Industrial design @ RISD. Grew up in an architect's office (literally) and bailed out of the architecture program as soon as I saw how clueless everyone was. Professors and students alike. Freidrich St. Florian was head of the architecture program, thesis projects were required to be presented as isometric murals in ink on vellum. Everyone was scraping ink with razor blades. You would have loved it.
Well then OBVIOUSLY you have no right to hold an opinion on Architecture.
I know, I just do it to piss off people.
#24: Being able to go on Archinect for comedic relief
Edit: perhaps that's a Con.
Misogyny.
Ha. Well, thinking back at a-school at some of the feminists, chicks whose butch quotient was too high, or were generally cold fish, that's probably the genesis of it.
25. Going around a city or a neighborhood and labeling styles and elements correctly, and impressing others in the process. I rather like labeling.
I worked for an architect while still in undergrad who would put his business card on the dash of his car when he needed to double park downtown, work related or not.
So
#27. Using "It's OK, I'm an Architect" to avoid (maybe) parking tickets.
28. Giving a parking enforcement employee a good laugh via #27.
#29 Being able to talk like this.
^SneakyPete, good catch.
I like Donna's #12 ("I'm an architect").
30. Adrenalin rushes from all the infighting. Coffee not required, though architects always seem to have a (smug) mug in hand.
observant, coffee is always required.
am i inferior to you now, since i have a mug of coffee? or was 'smug' intended as a compliment? it didn't come off that way.
turned a "pro" forum thread into an attack thread :(
#31 You can be fabulously successful without a grain of design talent.
lol
Good one Miles, didn't laugh till I saw both threads, and unfortunately/fortunately very true. I have work for 2 ppl like that.
am i inferior to you now, since i have a mug of coffee? or was 'smug' intended as a compliment? it didn't come off that way.
turned a "pro" forum thread into an attack thread :(
Oh, come now. Mine is always filled with Earl Grey tea. And I'm not even a fan of the Brits.
32. You have an easier time picking out clothes, because everything is black, brown, gray, and occasionally white, unless you decide to be a trailblazer and go with apricot.
34. Being right all the time
35. Being able to make stuff up out of thin air. Literally, we can take an emtpy site, wave our hands, and then a coulple years later, poof: a flaming piece of shit appears!
36. Similar to making things up, unlike the rest of the construction industry, we don't actually have to build much of anything to make a living.
we can't do flaming anymore. it's against code.
37. You get to own a sweet collection of books.
38. Compared to just about any other way to make a living, architecture is fun.
There are many ways to make a living in architecture, but one of the best ways to be successful is to have lots of knowledge about lots of things. I greatly enjoy learning a new building type, whether it's just a construction method, or a new business that is just taking off, there is always something new to wrap your head around.
I am not one of those guys who got into architecture for the art or the theory. I got into it because I like drafting. I like putting together a set of drawings. I like solving problems. I like learning. I have respect for the artsy types, but that isn't me.
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