Guest iamabe Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I want to quit architecture school and get a menial job that lets me eat, own a house and some synthesizers and smoke marijuana when I please. i like architecture but didnt realize that it's impossible to not work overtime every week for the rest of my life. watmm, please suggest an alternate career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 learn something handy like plumbing or wiring or something in construction. they pay good (eh, fairly good), are always in demand and have flexible hours (by appointment!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 piano tuning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iamabe Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 but i have to be chinese to do piano tuning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 How about IT work. All my friends make a good living and they were not doin machine code in their early teens.. They are just regular doods in their 30's. Got training and presto,, good paying job. I was thinking about doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Move to England and I'll teach you how to tune cars. Before you do that though, I want you study in depth American muscle engines. Don't ask me which ones, you want the job just do it, all of them. An American working for the company with an intimatie knowledge of the American trade would be fucking brilliant here. We tune American muscle but it would look fucking diamond if we actually had an American here. Do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iamabe Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 where in england Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I'm in position to employ anyone thats not my job so I don't know why I'm asking you to do this. Ipswich in NO* position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 But you sure as hell would ghet a job, a good job. If you knew that shit. Well you would in England anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrcopyandpaste Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 abbyg edits without edit confusion arises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 abbyg edits without edit confusion arises Have I never told you about my friend Matt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Al Hounos Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 you're going to regret it big time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Al Hounos Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 btw george, that sounds fun. i kin teach you all about the differences between an LS1/LS2/LS6, or maybe a 426 and a 440, or a 351W and a 351C... but I've got a job right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 See I could tell you all about an X17DTH or a P1635 but I know nothing of American muscle. And btw I know alla bout the pushrods and camshafts and short, long blocks short blocks etc, I know WHAT they are. I just don't physically know how to mechanically handle them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3FF3R00 Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 watmm, please suggest an alternate career. Architectural photography. A friend of mine started off as a photo assistant and started taking photos along the way. If you know other potential architects from school, it can only help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Yeah sorry for partially hijacking thread back on topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markedone Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I'm a first year architecture student. Should I be scared? It's already fucking intense, I've had little to no free time since school started in September Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Landscape Gardener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iamabe Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I'm a first year architecture student. Should I be scared? It's already fucking intense, I've had little to no free time since school started in September i got comfortable with my work pretty quickly but this fourth year is kicking my ass. stick with it another year and if you think its too much you should switch. i stayed because i think design is the best thing for me but fuck it's a lot of time committment. and dude! you have 303 posts. arch photographer sounds like a cool idea. actually the american muscle car thing does too. synth tester sounds the coolest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Have you thought about Graphic Design? I have no idea how education or even the working climate works in America but I have a bunch of Graphic designer friends who've just finished uni, had a great time studying it and still lived a pretty happy student type life. They have all gotten work pretty quickly one of them has even started his own busniess in furniture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I always figured GD didn't pay well, and when it did it was sporadic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Throughout high school (and probably before) I wanted to be an architect and took some drafting and architecture classes. But then I got fucked up on drugs, lost focus of my long term goals, spent a few years at community college fucking off, finally realized I needed to pick a career and do something, and wound up doing graphic design. It has its moments, pays well if you're good at it (particularly web these days) even with an associates degree, but I often regret not pursuing architecture. I know it would have been hard as hell but it was my passion back then. I still dig it a lot, and would consider architectural photography as well. In fact photography itself, no matter the subject, is something I've always been interested in too. But I'm camera shy. :( Meaning, I'm self-conscious when taking pictures of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ojkewin Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Ya I know what you mean, my uncle's an architect and he's always answering calls from dubai. You should move somewhere were medical cannabis is legal and grow it for dispenseries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rightsidedrive Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Throughout high school (and probably before) I wanted to be an architect and took some drafting and architecture classes. But then I got fucked up on drugs, lost focus of my long term goals, spent a few years at community college fucking off, finally realized I needed to pick a career and do something, and wound up doing graphic design. It has its moments, pays well if you're good at it (particularly web these days) even with an associates degree, but I often regret not pursuing architecture. I know it would have been hard as hell but it was my passion back then. I still dig it a lot, and would consider architectural photography as well. In fact photography itself, no matter the subject, is something I've always been interested in too. But I'm camera shy. :( Meaning, I'm self-conscious when taking pictures of things. Nice name and I understand about the whole photographer's shyness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 i wish i was an architect but now i'm too old to get into a 5 year course. so i say 'suck it up'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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