how is it that i am upwards of $130,000 in debt after attending a 4 year undergraduate program and a 2 year masters program to attain a masters in architecture and i now sit in an office everyday designing and drawing and planning and detailing entire buildings...
and yet, the guy with the g.e.d. and a can of paint with his ass hanging out of his pants who can barely construct a discernible complete sentence, makes almost double what i do to paint the building?!?
seriously, can someone explain this to me??
if i had this all to do over again, knowing what i now know... i really cant say id do it the same.
this profession is a f*@&ing joke.
bitter-much? you bet your ass.
and no, just to clarify, i dont think that i'm better than that guy, in any way, im sure hes a great guy. i just think there should be some kind of blatantly obvious correlation between education, skill, responsibility, and -wait for it - compensation!
but maybe im just out of my mind... maybe it's just me...
am i?? wtf are we doing here??
how can i be expected to be satisfied and happy just barely scraping by from month to month with my outrageous student loan bills and my meager [although completely average in my damned industry] salary?? am i going crazy here, or shouldnt the DESIGN of the building cost a little more than the effing floor tile??? shouldnt the guy that knows how to design the ENTIRE building make just a little more money than the guy that paints it???
ill tell you what, all us designers will quit doing what we do and we'll just see how it goes, okay?
you all want to live in houses that look exactly like the one across the street because the contractor/homebuilder uses the same 3 plans 6 million times, be my guest.
you want all your office, hospital, commercial, etc. buildings to be the exact same generic box, by all means, go for it.
i wash my hands of this society and their lack of respect for what i do.
chances are, i'll be laid off soon enough anyway...
may you all rot in your complacency and apathy.
2 comments:
When will you realize that people cannot afford your services, maybe you should spend a little time talking to your boss who bills your time to the client at 4 times what he's paying you . . . the industry you work in is a luxury to most people, and in an economy like were in right now, what little designing is only basic design needed for permitting, there will be no frills and the client needs it done as cheaply as possible . . . yes people can respect what you do, but if there is not a demand for what you do, your left making little pay. I would highly recommend you looking at other opporunities. There are several large commercial construction firms looking to advance with BIM and you are good at that. Maybe you should start getting creative with your education and try and find someone who can use it and appreciate it more than the architecture firms that have hundreds of little autocad monkey's to choose from.
and so you prove my point... design is NOT a luxury. design is ESSENTIAL. you know whats a luxury? high-end custom finishes. maybe we should all take a step back from our granite countertops, and our solid exotic wood cabinets... and maybe think about how DESIGNING a better building is better for the environment AND your wallet! you want to same money in this economy? DESIGN BETTER. and while we're at it, if the damn contractors didnt cut every corner there is to make an extra buck, maybe the buildings would work the way theyre designed to as well... but what do i know, im a cad monkey...
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