I am a student in Financial Literacy considering a career as an architect and did not get an opportunity to finish a job shadow. I was wondering if I could have the following questions answered:
How did you get started in this field?
Describe three main job duties.
Describe your work day.
What are the typical hours for this job?
What are the physical requirements for this job?
Does this job involve a lot of pressure or deadlines?
What personal qualities or personalities are best suited for this job?
How will I use reading and oral/aural (spoken/heard) or written communication skills in this job?
What is the beginning pay for this position?
What is the next step up from this position?
Do many openings occur for this kind of job?
What kind of skills does an employer look for when hiring for this position?
How are math, social studies, or science used in this job?
Which high school classes would be helpful in preparing for this job?
Does this job require training beyond high school? If so, please describe.
Where did you go to receive your training?
What is the best thing about this kind of work?
What is the worst thing about this kind of work?
What might a career counselor or adviser not tell me about this job but should?
What have you learned about this job that you wish you had known in advance?
With this job, are you constantly busy?
Will you always have a project to work on?
What are some pros to this job?
What are some cons to this job?
Do you enjoy being an architect?
randomised
Jan 14, 19 1:35 pm
Only 25 questions? Not even worth my time...
Non Sequitur
Jan 14, 19 1:38 pm
How did you get started in this field?
By applying to an accredited program
Describe three main job duties.
Design buildings, Figure out construction details, document previous 2 points in ways that can be easily understood by the site workers, in bad weather, without needing a phd in literature or the use of quantum physics.
Describe your work day.
Babysit junior staff, babysit engineers, coordinate construction from people who only want to cut corners.
What are the typical hours for this job?
40hr/week, sometime more at deadlines but hardly ever more than 50... and I get paid overtime.
What are the physical requirements for this job?
Able to climb 18 storeys in -20C (or +35C) on contruction sites because the elevator operators are on strike (again)
Does this job involve a lot of pressure or deadlines?
Depends on the office. Some people tend to think it's mandatory. Those people are wrong.
What personal qualities or personalities are best suited for this job?
Independence, critical thinking, able to figure things out without relying on google searches and or anonymous internet forums
How will I use reading and oral/aural (spoken/heard) or written communication skills in this job?
This is starting to sound more like a dumb highschool assignment.
What is the beginning pay for this position?
between $0 and 8-million USD per hour. Depends on location.
What is the next step up from this position?
What position, missionary? The sky's the limit really.
Do many openings occur for this kind of job?
Plenty for those that know their shit
What kind of skills does an employer look for when hiring for this position?
Drafting accurately
How are math, social studies, or science used in this job?
Depends. None required if you're flipping fastfood franchises or track-housing...
Which high school classes would be helpful in preparing for this job?
Definitively something about critical thinking... and perhaps a class on the importance of doing your own research.
Does this job require training beyond high school? If so, please describe.
Of-course it does.
Where did you go to receive your training?
Undergrad, then Graduate university... then in the workplace as intern arch
What is the best thing about this kind of work?
Taking 10mins to answer lazy hishschool kids' questions
What is the worst thing about this kind of work?
See point above
What might a career counselor or adviser not tell me about this job but should?
That the glorified creative architect genius is a myth
What have you learned about this job that you wish you had known in advance?
None, I worked in an architecture office while mid-way through undergrad. I learned the difference between school and real-world concurrently.
With this job, are you constantly busy?
Yes
Will you always have a project to work on?
Depends, you need paying clients for projects and clients won't just appear to random wankers.
What are some pros to this job?
I get to sound like a superior wizard at cocktail parties due to the odd glorification of my title among mortals
What are some cons to this job?
Having to argue with friends/families about basic construction details because they saw X or Y on some shitty network DIY show.
Do you enjoy being an architect?
Fuck yes, most days, as I get to work from concept to final occupation on buildings and can point to the skyline of my city and claim ownership of many things. Your mileage may differ.
I am a student in Financial Literacy considering a career as an architect and did not get an opportunity to finish a job shadow. I was wondering if I could have the following questions answered:
How did you get started in this field?
Describe three main job duties.
Describe your work day.
What are the typical hours for this job?
What are the physical requirements for this job?
Does this job involve a lot of pressure or deadlines?
What personal qualities or personalities are best suited for this job?
How will I use reading and oral/aural (spoken/heard) or written communication skills in this job?
What is the beginning pay for this position?
What is the next step up from this position?
Do many openings occur for this kind of job?
What kind of skills does an employer look for when hiring for this position?
How are math, social studies, or science used in this job?
Which high school classes would be helpful in preparing for this job?
Does this job require training beyond high school? If so, please describe.
Where did you go to receive your training?
What is the best thing about this kind of work?
What is the worst thing about this kind of work?
What might a career counselor or adviser not tell me about this job but should?
What have you learned about this job that you wish you had known in advance?
With this job, are you constantly busy?
Will you always have a project to work on?
What are some pros to this job?
What are some cons to this job?
Do you enjoy being an architect?
Only 25 questions? Not even worth my time...
How did you get started in this field?
By applying to an accredited program
Describe three main job duties.
Design buildings, Figure out construction details, document previous 2 points in ways that can be easily understood by the site workers, in bad weather, without needing a phd in literature or the use of quantum physics.
Describe your work day.
Babysit junior staff, babysit engineers, coordinate construction from people who only want to cut corners.
What are the typical hours for this job?
40hr/week, sometime more at deadlines but hardly ever more than 50... and I get paid overtime.
What are the physical requirements for this job?
Able to climb 18 storeys in -20C (or +35C) on contruction sites because the elevator operators are on strike (again)
Does this job involve a lot of pressure or deadlines?
Depends on the office. Some people tend to think it's mandatory. Those people are wrong.
What personal qualities or personalities are best suited for this job?
Independence, critical thinking, able to figure things out without relying on google searches and or anonymous internet forums
How will I use reading and oral/aural (spoken/heard) or written communication skills in this job?
This is starting to sound more like a dumb highschool assignment.
What is the beginning pay for this position?
between $0 and 8-million USD per hour. Depends on location.
What is the next step up from this position?
What position, missionary? The sky's the limit really.
Do many openings occur for this kind of job?
Plenty for those that know their shit
What kind of skills does an employer look for when hiring for this position?
Drafting accurately
How are math, social studies, or science used in this job?
Depends. None required if you're flipping fastfood franchises or track-housing...
Which high school classes would be helpful in preparing for this job?
Definitively something about critical thinking... and perhaps a class on the importance of doing your own research.
Does this job require training beyond high school? If so, please describe.
Of-course it does.
Where did you go to receive your training?
Undergrad, then Graduate university... then in the workplace as intern arch
What is the best thing about this kind of work?
Taking 10mins to answer lazy hishschool kids' questions
What is the worst thing about this kind of work?
See point above
What might a career counselor or adviser not tell me about this job but should?
That the glorified creative architect genius is a myth
What have you learned about this job that you wish you had known in advance?
None, I worked in an architecture office while mid-way through undergrad. I learned the difference between school and real-world concurrently.
With this job, are you constantly busy?
Yes
Will you always have a project to work on?
Depends, you need paying clients for projects and clients won't just appear to random wankers.
What are some pros to this job?
I get to sound like a superior wizard at cocktail parties due to the odd glorification of my title among mortals
What are some cons to this job?
Having to argue with friends/families about basic construction details because they saw X or Y on some shitty network DIY show.
Do you enjoy being an architect?
Fuck yes, most days, as I get to work from concept to final occupation on buildings and can point to the skyline of my city and claim ownership of many things. Your mileage may differ.