you know what would really be cool - to have a little button that shows average age of posters in each thread.
then this type of data might be more useful that a global graph
Well, it means several things -- though I assume blackharp is kindly excusing -- for himself, for me, or for some other old fart -- the real or imagined deficits of advanced age. Actually, like almost any other attribute -- or material, or condition that you might encounter -- age (by which we usually mean either pronounced youth, or old age) has both advantages and disadvantages. Youth typically encompasses energy, optimism, and good eyesight -- along with inexperience, lack of caution, and unchecked self-esteem. Age -- well, just reverse everything above, and you've got it ! Of it all, experience is the great advantage of age, as could be expected.
Perhaps every era has favored youth over age -- if only because of the item left off the above lists: beauty. Yet once age is achieved, the broad view comes into play, and mere freshness is seen as the fickle friend, while an encompassing perception of the whole spectrum of existence comes into play, and (one hopes) a broader appreciation of every "age" of man, and his successes and shortcomings, is gained.
And then, and only then, can one say, along with blackharp, "age doesn't mean shit."
speaking of age - I just found this: young, talented...
Ohashi Design Studio is an architecture firm located in Emeryville, specializing in residential and retail projects throughout the S.F. Bay Area. We are looking for a young, talented designer architect with 1-3 years of experience (and good taste) to assist us with design presentations, 3D rendering and model making, field measuring, gathering materials and products, developing production drawings and details.
it appears that most respondents are under 30 - architecture is increasingly becoming a young person's game. Age discrimination is bcomming not only more rampant in this recession, but also more acceptable.
i have no idea how you'd make any of those assumptions from a random sampling of people on an architecture website rverk.ini
in a recession it's harder to hire older people because they have more experience and therefore higher salary expectations... i wouldn't call that discrimination though.
architecture has always had a hierarchy and part of that hierarchy has always been younger worker bees to support the upper support staff.
part of the responsibility of being an older professional is to either diversify your experience so that you fit into more models of what architecture is/ is to become or to start the firms that employ those younguns to continue the cycle.
Those assumptions are based on my experience actually - You see I was in a long career as a 3D artist for a video game company, then went to architecture school at 40+. I changed my career to architecture, and was able to get 2 years experience for some major firms. I was laid off 1 year ago and am finding that in interviews they want young under 30 junior staff, not 40+ junior staff - actually, my salary expectations are below what most entry level people ask for and I bring a wealth of BIM knowledge that evolved out of my 3D art career - no-takers.
How Old Are You?
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6.714 in dog years ( 47 in people years )
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20.
I'm 35 but I feel 40, and look 45,
and the general opinion seems to be that I'm too old
"Too old" for what -- or whom ?
you know what would really be cool - to have a little button that shows average age of posters in each thread.
then this type of data might be more useful that a global graph
age doesn't mean shit
Well, it means several things -- though I assume blackharp is kindly excusing -- for himself, for me, or for some other old fart -- the real or imagined deficits of advanced age. Actually, like almost any other attribute -- or material, or condition that you might encounter -- age (by which we usually mean either pronounced youth, or old age) has both advantages and disadvantages. Youth typically encompasses energy, optimism, and good eyesight -- along with inexperience, lack of caution, and unchecked self-esteem. Age -- well, just reverse everything above, and you've got it ! Of it all, experience is the great advantage of age, as could be expected.
Perhaps every era has favored youth over age -- if only because of the item left off the above lists: beauty. Yet once age is achieved, the broad view comes into play, and mere freshness is seen as the fickle friend, while an encompassing perception of the whole spectrum of existence comes into play, and (one hopes) a broader appreciation of every "age" of man, and his successes and shortcomings, is gained.
And then, and only then, can one say, along with blackharp, "age doesn't mean shit."
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starts following archinect when 17... and now 28...
it this for real?
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speaking of age - I just found this: young, talented...
Ohashi Design Studio is an architecture firm located in Emeryville, specializing in residential and retail projects throughout the S.F. Bay Area. We are looking for a young, talented designer architect with 1-3 years of experience (and good taste) to assist us with design presentations, 3D rendering and model making, field measuring, gathering materials and products, developing production drawings and details.
36, but live in new york city so really late 20s until i move.
it appears that most respondents are under 30 - architecture is increasingly becoming a young person's game. Age discrimination is bcomming not only more rampant in this recession, but also more acceptable.
i have no idea how you'd make any of those assumptions from a random sampling of people on an architecture website rverk.ini
in a recession it's harder to hire older people because they have more experience and therefore higher salary expectations... i wouldn't call that discrimination though.
architecture has always had a hierarchy and part of that hierarchy has always been younger worker bees to support the upper support staff.
part of the responsibility of being an older professional is to either diversify your experience so that you fit into more models of what architecture is/ is to become or to start the firms that employ those younguns to continue the cycle.
larslarson
Those assumptions are based on my experience actually - You see I was in a long career as a 3D artist for a video game company, then went to architecture school at 40+. I changed my career to architecture, and was able to get 2 years experience for some major firms. I was laid off 1 year ago and am finding that in interviews they want young under 30 junior staff, not 40+ junior staff - actually, my salary expectations are below what most entry level people ask for and I bring a wealth of BIM knowledge that evolved out of my 3D art career - no-takers.
XXXVIII
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ohh 27+83=110 in archinect years...I guess that makes me a youngin!
illegal to drink
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XXXVI
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Thirty Three, will be Thirty Four when I graduate from architecture School. No worries here>>>>>>>>>>>>still pushing a youthful mind!!!
In Archinect years | 3 Official 3 1/2 non official (before registering)
23 when finished BArch;
25 when licensed;
26 when i bought my first property;
52 when i finished my MA;
53 now;
55 when i finish my phd[s];
Try matching those numbers today ! Congratulations.
Impressive TED! Now just to reinforce the generation gap:
20 when I finished my BA,
22 when I finished my MA,
23 when I started teaching,
29 when I made it to ABD,
32 when I bought my first property,
34 (to the day) when I finished my MArch this past spring.
53
But slugging through this economy has made me feel like 73.
Glad to see I am not the oldest here, though!
mespellrong: you finished your BA at 20? did you finish high-school really young? Did you graduate right before your 21st?
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38, although I think I should be about 34...a few years got lost there somehow
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15 when i graduated high school
23 finished college
?? doing nothing!
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