The work place

Ok, I figured I'd spout some crap about the place where I work. I should start out with the fact that I'm an intern architect. Now most people here that and ask me oh, what school do you go to. This is when I have to explain to them the idiocies of the architectural industry. To become a Registered Architect you have to first complete 5 years of an accredited Bachelor's of Architecture program at college. Second you have to get a job in the Architectural field. Third you have to enter the Intern Development Program (IDP) which is a fancy term for a system which keeps track of the type of work your doing be it design, drafting, management, etc. and how many hours your spending doing each of these different tasks. During this period of about 3-4 years of collecting experience to fulfill your IDP requirements your called an Intern Architect. If your interested check out the IDP.

Quite a roundabout way of explaining what an intern architect is but hey isn't that what this blog thing is all about? So halfway through my accredited architecture program in school I realized this sucks... I don't want to be an architect anymore. But I can't throw away 3 years of school. So my school, Philadelphia University, happened to have a 4 year unaccredeted degree. So I opted for that. Got out in 4.5 years and kept working at the same place I started at in high school. This was DWKCB. Big firm for the burbs at around 60+ people with a branch office in Chestnut Hill. So blah blah blah after getting fed up with little respect and little challenge I decided to quit. Hey I don't even wanna be an architect what am I work in an architectural firm for anyway.

Well I'm still asking that question because I got another job in another architectural firm. However this ones smaller, I figured if things are completely different at a small firm than a large firm I might actually like this business and stay with it. Well it took the move to find out that I don't like it still. I enjoy the fact that I am now challenged everyday and my boss seems to respect my abilities. However its still stressful, still full of bullshit. I don't like the whole 9-5 aspect of doing the same thing everyday. It gets repetitive and boring. Plus I'm not a morning person and I have an extremely hard time getting up in the morning. Ok well this is getting long winded and I haven't even gotten into much about my actual work place, and all the weird and terrible things that happen on a daily basis. Plus I am there right now and I should really be doing some kind of work. Till later...