Mid-life crisis?
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Originally Posted by kumainu,Jan 2 2007, 04:15 PM
Is he having a mid-life crisis?
i feel like i'm having a mid-life crisis - at 36!
life is set - married, 2 kids, house, 2 cars, job i love, financially set/stable.....but i feel like i want more....scratch that, not more....something different....something extraordinary.
though i love my job and the lifestyle it affords us, i think it might be it, yet i can't say that as 100% fact....all i know is that i've been more meloncholy about things in the past 2 years than ever before.
it's driving me nuts.
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Originally Posted by CalBear,Jan 3 2007, 12:50 AM
I'd be interested to know as well.
FYI, you don't graduate as an architect. You'll have to work for a few years and become eligible to take the ARE to be a registered architect. It's a tough exam with multiple parts and there's no way to pass it without some good experience at an office.
The schools that I attended taught me a great deal about design but didn't really prepare me for an entry level gig. My friend got stuck at a model shop for a very famous architect. My other friend worked for $6/hour (back in '96) for one of our critics. Arch firms want someone who can step in and help right away, say, someone who's really good with AutoCad to help with production. These guys get paid very well compared to your typical architecture grads with masters degrees.
FYI, you don't graduate as an architect. You'll have to work for a few years and become eligible to take the ARE to be a registered architect. It's a tough exam with multiple parts and there's no way to pass it without some good experience at an office.
The schools that I attended taught me a great deal about design but didn't really prepare me for an entry level gig. My friend got stuck at a model shop for a very famous architect. My other friend worked for $6/hour (back in '96) for one of our critics. Arch firms want someone who can step in and help right away, say, someone who's really good with AutoCad to help with production. These guys get paid very well compared to your typical architecture grads with masters degrees.
Geez! Making $6/hr after spending many years in college... 
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I hate to admit it (because I'm also getting old), but I agree with Scot to a certain extent. It has been scientifically proven that with each passing day, we lose a number of brain cells, albeit an insignificant ratio. As we age, our minds are slower to adapt to new changes in environments and learnings. For example, it is much more difficult for an older person to learn a foreign language than a youngin. That's not to say there are no brilliant older people. But as we age, our minds tend to "age" with it.
You can probably find some researches from scientists regarding brain cell loss if you do a search.
You can probably find some researches from scientists regarding brain cell loss if you do a search.
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Originally Posted by kumainu,Jan 2 2007, 02:04 PM
I guess he wants to be "Art Vandalay". 
How's the architecture field - demand-wise and work-wise? Ultimately, it's his decision.
How's the architecture field - demand-wise and work-wise? Ultimately, it's his decision.
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