Work-life balance is always a question within our building, and within the industry at large. In a lot of ways, [architecture] really favors the young and childless. I'm recently married, and I don't have any kids yet. It’s really interesting to see people who eat, sleep, and breathe their work, but who then have kids (or something else about their life changes), and they have to draw back a little bit. — – architectural designer Julie Engstrom – theatlantic.com
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this only applies if you work for someone. i am going home early to take kids tricker- treating and then back to work
at OMA - you go 4 - 5 days with no sleep and you must be young - Netherlands has no age discrimination laws - i use to work for a Dutch boss who made us work 7 - 11, 7 days/week
xenakis how the shit would you know anything about the work culture at OMA?
my dear chigurh - I applied there before I graduated - did some research and decided I was not the "right stuff" are you?
Xenakis, OMA sucks.
i don't know if i'm upset that an unlicensed designer is being used to represent architects as a whole (i know plenty of licensed, ambitious young women architects - even in Cinci!) or that she paints the whole profession as a monolithic entity bent on making life miserable for all but the most ambitious people.
Architecture as a self-employed person is actually quite flexible for people with kids. I can arrange my own schedule and even have the kid with me while working.
And the woman in the article doesn't even have kids -???
I'm sure they decided you were not the "right stuff" - not the other way around. I would never work in a shit show like that. Architecture is a job it is not your life, that is an important distinction to make. If you don't value your personal time and are willing to give it to an employer for no compensation you are the chump. Architecture with a capital A can exist without torture, despite what people like xeankis would like you to believe - remember misery loves company.
My dear chigurh - yes you are this wiz kid architect and according to you I'm just this ne'er do well -
Architecture is a job it is not your life, that is an important distinction to make - an important distinction if one wants to live a life of mediocrity, then failure - have you read Brian Tracy's "No excuses"? you might want to read it'
xenakis - I would like to buy you a beer sometime, figure out where this hard ass, navy seal, chuck norris attitude comes from. You can crush it and maintain a decent quality of life - work hard play hard. I don't need to read your book.
Medicrity and faliure if you don't submit to around the clock dedication? Curious as to how you define success?
It's better to work smart than work hard
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