I'm 56 and back in school, still don't know what I want to do. Taking Radio Production and CIS classes.

 

I'm a 53 year old architect and I'm telling you you don't know what the HELL you're talking about.

You're continuing to making a fool of yourself.

 

Architecture is a great profession but as an entry level designer you better have something to subsidize this "hobby". New people are grossly underpaid and exploited. The more famous an architect is, the more likely you'll work for him for free or get paid minimum wage. I've been there. More than half of my graduating class are no longer in the field.

I don't want to discourage anyone from going into it but just be prepared for the financial aspect of it.

 

did you just get into the field?

 

and may i ask how long have you been an architect?

 

I've owned my architectural firm for 23 years and have hired/fired more architects than I can remember. Believe me, you can NOT assume that age has bearing on a person's talent, skills, or ability to download mp3's.

And you talk about "old" people slowing down and not being receptive to new things, I've seen some 24 year olds with less skill, stamina and drive than my 78 year old mother.

Frank Lloyd Wright started his second (and most creative) career at age 72. He continued to be a womanizer until the day he died.

 

If he wants a new career, he should look here; they'll provide all the training / education he'll need.

 

My GF is 35 and she's started Med School. Your brain is like any other part of your body, you use it, you lose it.

 

I'm pretty sure you meant something like, ". . . you use it or else you lose it."

However, I would never suggest, on the basis of this evidence alone, that you've lost it.

 

i dont know what to say bro:

i was 45 maybe 48 but whatever, it started with the sportbike but it could have been anything. i fell off the thing every which way, got some track experience and stopped falling off. i lost alot of weight, started going to the gym. i changed my appearance and everything that goes with that. i broke my left leg twice, arm, collar bone, ribs several times. i have seen things wild, mostly my ass flying through the air. the biggest rush is the first breath after busting a rib.

but the good:
professionally i got 3 patents where i worked. I have a more clear understanding of who i am, i made some major friends, i lost alot of fear. i am more physically healthy now than before.
the 40's is an opportunity not a bad.
its a time when you still have the physical strength, reaction time but its the life experience that you did not have in your 20s thats the plus. i am a more gentile person now because of the bad i have seen but i have more conviction in what i hold important.

i know i will die in a puddle of urine, full of hate.