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The Perspective of Work-Life Balance

September 13, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

The Perspective of Work-Life Balance

Right out of the gate I'm going to say that you have to craft your own particular description of what work-life balance means in order to achieve it. It has been incredibly interesting to see how the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Life in General, Observations, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, career, conversations

Ep 083: Ask the Show

September 6, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 083: Ask the Show

Bringing work home with you, talking to your boss about a raise, what is your favorite beer … All this and more on today’s episode as Andrew and I answer your burning questions where almost nothing is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, architects office, architectural studio, Architecture School, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Business Development and Social Media

August 30, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Business Development and Social Media

On the chance that you've been asleep for the last 10 years,  more and more architects are turning to social media and platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn to demonstrate their design … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design, Graphics, Hill Haus, My Work, Projects, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Architecture and Society, career, design, Graphics, Modern Architecture, Residential Architect

Episode 082: The Side Hustle

August 22, 2021 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

Episode 082: The Side Hustle

It seems that everybody these days has a side hustle – a means in which you can leverage your creative genius into an additional stream of revenue to help you makes ends meet between paychecks. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Episode 081: Motivation

August 8, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Episode 081: Motivation

Architecture is a profession that requires a certain amount of motivation. It may not require more than any other profession per se, but it seems like the topic of being and staying motivated is one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Episodes, Life in General, Podcast Tagged With: advice, Architects, career, design

Ep 078: Redlines

June 27, 2021 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Ep 078: Redlines

“Redlines” is the word used in an architectural office to reference the red ink that is typically used to mark up corrections that need to be made on architectural drawings. Is this phrase outdated? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Design, Design Studio, Episodes, Graphics, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, design, design studio, details, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

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