![]() I'm sure someone else have coined this phrase but I do not know who or where. ![]() Silverback is a tongue in cheek way of saying Captain Cad Monkey or something to that effect. Instead they are generally now expected to be merely "solution drafters" which other players have schemed (likek owners themselves of course and/or owners reps, including but not necesarily limited to). for whatever reason? Not kidding, the profession still calls an unlicensed designer an "intern" even if they've accumulated anywhere from 6 months to 600 years of exeperiece.Ĭomputers have really handcuffed the expectations of the market reagarding Architects being looked for as problem solvers. By the way, what other profession (lower class mind you) leverages the ignoble title of "intern" on a person who has graduated with a Masters Degree and been working in their profession for 10-40 years without passing the A.R.E. Insiders in this profession know that CAD monkey = "intern" Basically 97.5% of all architecture graduates are expected to "pay their dues" monkeying with CAD programs in their pigeonholes, er cubicles, that the AIA adhering firms assign, er, provide for them. Lawyers and Dentists and Doctors do a lot more meanignful solving of problems these days. trying to get feedback from graphic designers and architects." Mtay52 said, "what do you mean cad monkey and silverback? i come from middle class. That whole "shrinking middle class phenomenon in the US and the West in general"? The profession fo Architecture is ground zero and the proverbial canary in the coalmine. If you are middle class BEWARE the profession of Architecture is sinking fast into lower middel to lower class status. If I ever do, by starting my own firm here and now, I will still not feel it was worth it. These day, imo even if you start your own firm, because you have to work for another architect (usually who has sold his/ her own soul to the AIA) you have to sell your own soul either way. (Architect Registration ExaminationSSSSS don't let them fool you, there are 7 separate examinations that take a substantial number of years to pass on s not just a single examination that you just take one day or two and wrap up with a nice bow). In my experience, unless you start your own firm, you'll have to sell your soul to the corporate hierarchy gods to become a principal -or- start your own firm and get lucky enough to break even for a few years and then get big.Įither way, even if you start your fown firm you have to get licensed and that means spending -on average- 10 years working for another architect and another 3 taking the A.R.E. Sounds like arch is a little tougher to break into but is it worth it to become a principal rather than to work in graphic des and marketing?" Mtay52 said, "what if my aspirations are art director and working in marketing in graphic design, or a principal in an architecture firm. ![]() you don't have to pigeon hole yourself, you can do it all or you can choose what works best for you. ![]() I still have my interior design and graphic/web/marketing businesses as well and will continue to while I have my architecture firm in the future. ![]() So the question lies with what you value more - money and job security or passion for what you do. Even though my prospects doing it are less financially than in my other endeavors. Knowing that as I do, I'm still pursuing architecture because I love it. My opinion is that it is MUCH easier to become an Art Director in a firm or even in your own business than it is to become an Architect, especially a "famous" or extremely successful one. I then started my own interior design firm and I made about 250K up until the 2008 meltdown at which point my income shrank to 100K in 2008 and then 80K in 2009. I ran my own marketing and web design and graphic design company for six years. I have a degree in marketing and a degree in interior design and am currently working on my M.Arch degree. ![]()
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