It is time to take personal responsibility for your career and see if what you have been telling yourself is really all there is to it. Therefore, I think it's time to examine our belief system and explore why we think something is or isn't possible in architecture. They might be true, but they could also be used as an excuse for why it’s hard for you to be like them. I am sure you’ve heard things like Zaha made it because of family money, Bjarke because of his father’s connections, and many more stories like that. But is that really the case? Or perhaps they go through exactly the same struggles as you do, except they found a way to overcome them and came out better on the other side? They seem to be somehow above the problems you might be facing. If you are anything like me, you probably follow the incredibly successful design professionals and celebrity architecture studios thinking that they reap the type of opportunity that never comes your way. You might be paid to dream up new realities, but how do you create your own success and take control of your wellbeing? For any brave souls out there, determined to do something on their own, the industry doesn’t make it any easier to start a business.
Working for someone else often means being undervalued, underappreciated and yes… underpaid.
It is a fact that the profession of architecture does not pay well. Save this picture! Jewel Changi Airport by Safdie Architects.
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