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In a recent Harvard Business Review essay, Rebecca Zucker, an executive leadership coach, dove into a discussion on workaholism and over work. In the piece, she identifies 5 key signs that a professional is overworking themselves: 1. You aren't taking time off. Zucker writes that those who... View full entry
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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Sometimes, the inspiration for a single design element can be hard to pin down. Other times, it’s coming straight out of your hammy fourteen year-old kid. This is something of a regular occurrence for Hector M. Perez, a San Diego-based architect who often collaborates with his son Adrian on... View full entry
While the employment market is very ripe for job-seeking architects at the moment, there’s no guarantee that some of those opportunities won’t turn out rotten. The architecture profession is infamous for its highly skewed work-life balance, emphasis on the work, and office culture may not... View full entry
