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My 12 Rules for Landing Your First Job in Architecture

EntreArchitect

There were hundreds of architecture students graduating that spring and they were all competing for the same few positions available in the region. Every summer since my senior year in high school I worked on construction sites, learning the trade up close and studying the psychology of the architect/contractor relationship.

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Mentoring the Young Architect Will Enrich and Strengthen Our Profession

EntreArchitect

In his world, I was just a cheap architecture student day laborer. In my world, I was working around the clock, stressed out over my classes, had my own projects to worry about and was taking out big student loans in the pursuit of someday becoming an architect. Which are a dime a dozen. Check him out at YoungArchitect.com.

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Be Better

EntreArchitect

I had many interesting conversations with architecture students while I was in Chicago. Others wanted to know about how to start their own firms. As individual small firm architects, we have more important tasks requiring our attention. Some were concerned about finding a job. What do you think?

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The 14 Books Every Future Architect Should Read

EntreArchitect

I once had a phone call with an architecture student asking for advice. This would have been my favorite section when I was an architecture student. Architecture and Disjunction by Bernard Tschumi – This is by far my most marked up, underlined, and starred architecture book. Construction.

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Design Voice Podcast with Catherine Meng (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

If you don’t know how, learn how by downloading our free course: Profit for Small Firm Architects today at EntreArchitect.com/FreeCourse. I was doing some office and admin work for almost about a year while still applying to any architecture related job on the side, but had no luck and this is going on for almost a year.

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Mentoring is an Integral Part of the Profession

EntreArchitect

In his world, I was just a cheap architecture student day laborer. In my world, I was working around the clock, stressed out over my classes, had my own projects to worry about and was taking out big student loans in the pursuit of someday becoming an architect. Which are a dime a dozen.

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Our First Architecture Project [#ArchiTalks]

EntreArchitect

With my IDP credits fulfilled, but not yet a licensed architect, I set out on my own and launched The Construction Documents Company. I consulted for local firms, preparing construction drawings and documenting existing conditions for large residential projects. The Early Years of My Architecture Career – My Role.

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