Fucked: Me.

[wileypeter]

Unemployment in Oregon is well above the national average. Nobody in architecture is hiring. I am planning a trip through Vancouver, WA, to drop off resumes. Probably moot, but I need to do something.

Dammit.

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[lotusice.livejournal.com]

Ah, hon ...how frustrating and disheartening!

Just keep swimming, you know?

[wileypeter]

P. Sherman, Wallaby Way, uh . . . what was I doing?

It sucks. Architecture never pays particularly well relative to other professional jobs, contrary to popular perceptions.

What is the most expensive thing you'll buy in your life? A house. Or if you're wealthy (or a corporation) a building. What part of the process of making a building that has the most lead time? Architecture and design. So basically it's the first part of a ridiculously expensive process, so it's the first thing most people don't do as soon as the economy shows any signs of tanking. It's hard to fault the logic, but given that it's no surprise that billing hours in architecture firms are apparently an extremely accurate indicator of probable economic downturns.

I just picked the worst time to graduate with my degree since the 1930s.