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I was recently in the same situation. I was more expensive and experienced than someone who’d been with the firm 2 years (I had been there 4 months) and I was spared when she was laid off … all because of personality differences, and there is NOTHING wrong with the personality of the woman who was laid off.

Originally Posted in the Talking Landscapes Forum.

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The July 2009 EGM is an opportunity to vote for change in the LI and I will therefore vote in favour of the motion. But I like to see both sides of an argument and have therefore published the arguments for and against the…[Read more]

Glad to have helped.

InDesign is a great program and it’s quite robust. Have used it for portfolio pieces & design guidelines @ my office as well as newsletters and flyers for my State Chapter ASLA.

Good luck!

Thanks Castillo, you’re the man. That did the trick. It wasn’t viewing properly, but it looks perfect now. I’m learning my way around InDesign. I just downloaded the trial version a couple of days ago, seems like a great program. I’m making a new portfolio with it.

A PDF should work fine. Does the “choppy” / “poor quality” refer to what you see on screen or what is printed? If it is how it looks on-screen, you can improve its “quality” by changing the “Display Performance”…

View > Display Performance > High Quality Display (Alt + Ctrl + H)

If the final print is not that good, it may be the quality of the…[Read more]

I think there are probably as many answers to that question out there as there are firms. First and foremost is going to be a needed skillset – if you’re an expert at grading but can’t sketch, and they have an in-house civil but no graphic artist, odds aren’t in your favor. Second is probably personality and attitude – if you’re Picasso and their…[Read more]

I think I read somewhere that you can use a compost pile as a source of heating. Anyone else heard of something similar?

For the original title question, I think Chad is right – it’s too dependant on the specific circumstances of client, project, team, and LA. If, as LA, your goal is to push native plants and sustainable design, then that’s your goal. You’ll either go somewhere with it if your client agrees or is open and willing to spend the money, or if they want…[Read more]

I like these comments, i made me think back to comming out of school and getting my first job… ahh the thrill of design, I can design anything, let me at ’em…. sadly the first task I had was to do one color-up and then to write and file memos for the senior project,manager then I moved up to editing details, and so on. we all expect to do…[Read more]

It’s funny how often I get this same question from students. They see and study big landscape driven projects and wonder why there summer internships projects all began and end with the engineers or architects final base plane. Ultimately this year I have given the same response, only you can prevent being on the bottom of the pile. Andrew as in t…[Read more]

I would hope that in addition to whatever the position requires, that they’d be looking for skills that are currently lacking (or want improvement) in that office AND a person/personality that is someone who would bring a positive influence, good attitude, and the ability to get along with others! is there a credential for that? I can bring THAT.…[Read more]