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Ep 124: Show Me the Money

April 30, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 124: Show Me the Money

I get asked a LOT about how much money an architect makes and without understanding a few parameters, that’s like trying to buy a car by the pound. I spend a fair amount of my time discussing the … [Read more...]

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

EP 123: Interviews Just Aren’t that Hard

April 16, 2023 by Andrew Hawkins Leave a Comment

EP 123: Interviews Just Aren’t that Hard

You’re about to graduate from architecture school, or maybe you already have a job, and you’re just simply looking for a change. Going through the interviews in an architecture firm is just part of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Interviews, Life in General, Office, Podcast Tagged With: advice, Architects, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence

April 2, 2023 by Andrew Hawkins 3 Comments

Ep 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence

Even though artificial intelligence can conceptually trace its roots back to the 1950s, the reality is AI and Machine learning went mainstream not too long ago and as recently as November of 2022, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, architectural technology, Architecture and Society, conversations, Graphics, Podcast

Ep 118: Architectural Interns

February 5, 2023 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Ep 118: Architectural Interns

Let’s pretend that you’re an architecture student … highly educated, extremely dedicated, and yet – not an architect. It’s time to get your architectural sea legs under you and get a job in the office … [Read more...]

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

Ep 117: Graphic Matters

January 22, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 117: Graphic Matters

Architects still communicate their designs through the use of graphics – and there are a lot of different formats, mediums, and techniques that are up for consideration. Architectural graphics is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics Tagged With: architectural sketching, career, Graphics, Podcast

Ep 116: Workaholic

January 8, 2023 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Ep 116: Workaholic

Architects work a lot … right? I mean, that’s what most people think, and it’s what you would expect to hear if you straight up asked an architect “Do you work a lot?” Since we all know, or at least … [Read more...]

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

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