Seeing you accomplish the goals you set out is really inspiring! I'm currently a third year BArch student and last year I wrote a similar "bucket list" of what I want to accomplish before I died. Pursuing what is meaningful in the long term by sacrificing expedient short term pleasures is the best advice I have gotten. Thank you for sharing your story! And for proving to me that you shouldn't let other people dictate what YOU want in life. hope to see more content soon
Thanks man! It definitely took sacrificing short term pleasure to get the license and to move to New York. But you have to do what you have to do to accomplish your real goals.
Great video! You seem really happy! I am a third-year architecture student, and I have always been really interested in residential architecture specifically, I wonder if you could make a video on your experience getting a job in that area/what tips you may have for internships in college relating to this
Great question! I’ll add it to the list! For now I’ll say to 1. Define the area you want to work in (which you’ve done) 2. Get as much exposure to that as you can. You don’t always get to pick what your assignments you do but, for example I had a class where we had to do weekly precedent studies on any building of our choice. If I knew I wanted to do residential, I would always pick residential buildings to study. I would say do residential projects in studio but you don’t always get to choose (and if you get to choose what you do with a site, residential may or may not make sense) apply for internships at firms that do residential. Work construction in the summer for residential contractors. There are also certain elements you could study up on like wood frame construction instead of concrete. Kitchen layouts, closets, etc. the kind of things that are common in residential that wouldn’t be common in other types.
Hi Drew! I followed your channel since senior year high school when I knew I wanted to commit to being an architect and just a couple months ago, I just graduated with a BArch! Congratulations on achieving another dream of yours! :) Gonna start studying for the AREs as soon as a I start my first job in September.
Thanks for loving my city 😊 Side note: It takes a lot of confidence to record in public you didn’t even flinch as if you’re talking to a live person lol
Am a high school student (11th) and I live in western New York (buffalo) western New York is far different from nyc, and your video have been help me, learn what need in order to become a successful architect.
hey drew, i have a question for you , i am an italian highschooler who is thinking about a carrer in architecture , but american colleges are too expensive for me, even with a scholarship. so my question is , eventualy could i become a licensed architect in the US even if i have an architecture degree from a school in italy or even in the Uk?
Yeah it’s possible. You will have to fill out some paperwork and you may have to take some extra classes here in the US. One of my coworker’s was Romanian and got her degree in Romania. Before she got her US license she had to go take some classes (like US History and Math) at a local college to satisfy some requirements. It can be annoying, but it’s totally doable.
You can! You would need to go through the testing and evaluation process. I am a US citizen & US architect but I got my degree in the Philippines. For me, I had more credits than what was required here in the US so I didn't need to take additional classes. OF course you would need a work visa or something. Assuming you're not a US citizen. Good luck!
Life really is unpredictable, you can control the boat but not the wind i guess. You're from a small town and went to NY, I'm from NY and now live in a small town lol Well, congrats man, I've been watching since i started architecture and really was wondering what happened to you, nice to see your going past our goals
Broooo I miss ya Ive missed watching ur videos they really gave me alot of info on my dream job ...ps I start college in a few weeks ajout to be an architecture student at Texas tech
I appreciate the question, but I don’t discuss my salary like that. But if you want more info about what to expect, you can check out the AIA Compensation report, and you can sort by region to include NY. info.aia.org/salary/
