Reply To: Has anyone here exited the Landscape Architecture industry?

Yes, but what about living expenses? Life cots a lot more then 3K. 🙂 Student loan debt has now exceeded credit card debt in our country…in some ways the marketing to attain more and more education seems like a racket to me. I bet you could start your own business and make more then you would starting out in an LA firm. We live in a small town in Idaho and are doing that exactly. Would you rather go farther into debt for a degree you aren’t passionate about? Or make some cash designing and working outside? 🙂 I know a lot of people with Masters degrees…heck I know a person with a PhD in Physics that is mowing lawns. No joke. Like someone mentioned…you can write your own success story. Another piece of paper is no guarantee you are going to get a job…but will guarantee you have a heavier debt burden around your neck.