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Leadership

July 14, 2014 by Bob Borson 38 Comments

Leadership

Leadership is one of those words that people throw around a lot but I'm not sure most people stop to actually think about what it means. Maybe it's just me ... my initial response, if you were to ask … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Life in General, Observations, Quotes Tagged With: advice, career, Do you want to be an Architect, leadership, quote

Vegetables or Dessert?

May 15, 2014 by Bob Borson 34 Comments

Vegetables or Dessert?

There are two important pieces of information that are floating around my head that are seemingly at odds with one another: "Sooner or later, you will need to eat your vegetables" and "Eat your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Life in General Tagged With: advice, career, Do you want to be an Architect

Make Your Own Opportunities

April 21, 2014 by Bob Borson 26 Comments

Make Your Own Opportunities

Young architectural interns are awesome … full of promise and possibility. I’ve been around the architectural block more times than I care to admit at this stage of my career and I have learned a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect? Tagged With: career, interns, Top Ten lists

Top 5 Reasons to work in a Large Architectural Firm

March 10, 2014 by Bob Borson 10 Comments

Top 5 Reasons to work in a Large Architectural Firm

Last week I put together a post titled 'Architectural Job Starter Kit' in which I drew upon my own personal experiences that discussed how to improve your chances at getting a job in an architectural … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: architects office, career, Do you want to be an Architect

Architectural Job Starter Kit

February 28, 2014 by Bob Borson 29 Comments

Architectural Job Starter Kit

March is knocking on the door so that means one thing in an architectural office: the "summer interns" and freshly minted architectural graduates are ... well, knocking on the door. So I thought I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect? Tagged With: architects office, career, Do you want to be an Architect

You have something gross on your face

January 8, 2014 by Bob Borson 26 Comments

You have something gross on your face

Bob: What is up Ev-ree-bod-eeeee! Group: Hey Bob, what is goi..... eeeerghh?! Bob: Why the look? Group: Nothing Bob: I know a look when I see it ... and that's a look. C'mon, what is it? Group: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, career

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