And welcome to the first installment of "Architecture Real Talk". I got this bright idea while sitting at home talking to some of my friends who are aspiring to work in the architecture field and having trouble.
Today's Topic: The Catch-22 (Education vs. Experience)
So for the past four and a half years, I have been working and slaying. Spending long nights in studio, bleeding on models, crying over renderings, selling my thoughts and ideas and ultimately coming out with the skills I need to succeed in this career right? Well, after a lot of money and time spent, my answer is 'not necessarily.
After everything is done and over with, I don't know if the education I have now provided me with the experience I need in order to make it in this profession. I'm not saying that school is supposed to totally prepped you for everything you will encounter in the working world, but I expected more than what I have.
And now I find myself in what everyone calls the 'Catch-22'. I have all this education but not a lot of experience when people nowadays want the most bang for their buck. Which leaves me saying 'wtf am I doing?!' I don't like being caught in this situation and I'm trying to find a way out of it as soon as possible. So to all you firms, principals, developers, and whoever else would like to deal in the architecture field, please give us new people a shot. It's hard enough out here for us.
Thomas Bowman Out.
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