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Why I am an Architect (and not an Astronaut)

Life of an Architect

I don’t ever wonder why I am became an architect, just like I don’t ever wonder why I didn’t become something else … like an astronaut, or a belly dancer. It’s because I don’t have the skills to be those other things ( despite any stories you might have heard about the “belly dancing” ). It’s easy to see the answer and look back on how I got here, but the road to becoming an architect wasn’t ever obvious or easy.

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Building a Culture of Transparency at Your Architecture Firm

EntreArchitect

This is a guest post by Todd Reding, the Chief Operations Officer and Vice President for Investments at Charrette Venture Group. How Much Should We Share With Our Employees? Some design firms have a culture of secrecy. Few people outside of the partners know anything about the finances, the vision or the ways in which the business is run. “They didn’t want us to know about the business because they felt they would be training their future competition,” said one architect.