Friday, January 6, 2012

Top 10 Things They Don't Teach You in Architecture School

(This a re-post from The Running Architect blog from January 2011)

These apply to me as a business owner, and the landlord to my own office location.
In no particular order but all surely should at least be near the top:

1. If you own your own firm, there may be days you need to plow the snow from your parking area. (Part two, you will also need to know how to fix the dang tractor blade too)
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2. You will be very embarassed if you forget to keep the toilet room stocked with TP.

3. The "orderly habits" you learned in Studio will stay with you throughout your career.

4. Six years of study, intensive intership, tough licensing exam, and you still get to clean toilets and mop the floors.

5. How to build a fire in a wood burning stove, and keep it going all day.

6. How to accurately predict the future.

7. Knowing when to quit and when to press on.

8. Knowing the difference between a potentially great client and the client from Hell within the first 10 minutes of meeting that potential client.

9. How to read minds.

10. Knowing how to get out the door at the right time and enough times to enable you to properly train for a marathon or major race. 

I welcome other suggestions to this list.

Thanks

Lee

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