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My Father-in-law was a high end corporate attorney.  His creed was (not exact words but close), “a $200 an hour attorney gets the job done in two hours = $400.  A $100 an hour attorney gets the job done in 5 hours = $500.”  Might be something useful for us there.  I’ve tried that and low ball still sells.  Just look at car loans.  Sales…[Read more]

… but if you think about it, you are wearing sneakers!  …. and working!

The new blood may be occupied by looking for work and wondering where their profession is hiding, and scared that they just spent thousands of dollars on a frigid discipline. Something MUST happen to get even a hint of a recovery to get banks lending and developers and homeowners spending. Pie in the sky may get the conversation rolling. Looking…[Read more]

I graduated in 09 with internships before that and currently I work in a design/build firm that is quite busy. We have a drought here in Texas which is severely injuring the build side of landscape minus people replacing their turf grasses with aggregate.
 
That being said, the reason for a lack of attention to land8 on my part is that it is just…[Read more]

Terrific, that makes sense but what also makes sense is why many of their “healing garden” designs, even award winning designs, have absolutely no healing qualities.  They are just very fancy plazas that catch the admiration of judges who don’t have a clue what a healing garden really is.  Idiots judging idiots.

Hi George
Sorry I know its been a while but I just stumbled across this post. Im looking to start the KU program next September and am in the process of preparing my application. I’m interested to know what you and another poster in this thread mean when you talk about having your application “pre-approved”. What does this mean and how do you go a…[Read more]

As a soon to be graduate I don’t know what my fellow students are planning on doing but as for myself, I’m hanging out in the Electrical Engineering field until I can once again find a position in our LA field.

Well said.

Hmm..so is it better to be prepared for an unlikely worst case scenario than to be well-equipped for long-term goals?
 
The hiking boots are heavy, but last alot longer and weather better than the sneakers. The sneakers are light and agile, but wear out fast.
 
I agree that it serves us well to be agile and quick on our feet in this economy, but I…[Read more]

These are excellent observations in my opinion. I feel that I am lucky to be doing some of the most thoughtful work I’ve done to date due to the unique position I’m in–working from home (as well as in an office part time). Taking the stressful office tension out of the equation makes a huge difference both in productivity and quality and…[Read more]

It never ceases to amaze me when times get tough that people tend to believe they should go back to school for that Master’s Degree.  As if to say well there is no work for me as Bachlers Degree Holder so there must be more oppurtunty as a Master’s Degree Holder! 
 
Just to comment on Russell’s reply about “corporate/Chinese ASLA better future wo…[Read more]

On a serious note, some LA’s, myself included, have found themselves in other careers.  The firm I currently work for has a very small (6 employees) LA department and about 30+ environmental planners.  While I enjoy the environmental planning, it’s not the same a design work, and talking to the LA’s in our firm, the projects are getting fewer a…[Read more]

A chick pea is neither a chick, nor a pea…discuss!

Didn’t expect many. It is more of an FYI than anything else. With the hostilites on here recently, I’m staying away from anything “controversial”.
 
I already have a few black turtlenecks (they come in handy) and really black tiny half-framed ‘advertisers’ glasses, so maybe I’ll apply. Too bad they aren’t in DC though.  

No comments after a whole day?  Guess most LAs here aren’t into this.  This firm must be doing something right.  They also have a major commision at the World Trade Center site…whatever they’re calling it now…and they are hiring.  They have an ad on archinect.  Yet something tells me they will only consider Ivy League or European grads who…[Read more]

I thought he was referring to the duplicit position of firm owners working employees into ill health while designing “healing gardens” for hospitals and such. I often thought it was incongruous to try to design places that are relaxing and peaceful when your work environment has a bunch of stressed-out cad-monkeys going from one crisis to the…[Read more]

Two people are out camping in grizzly bear country. One has the latest and greatest hiking boots. The other has a pair of sneakers on. The first said “why don’t you have hiking boots?”. The other said “we are in grizzly bear country, so I have running shoes”. The other says ” you idiot, you won’t out run a bear”.  …. “no, but I will out run…[Read more]

Here is a small short one I ran across, although not in the same category as a church.
http://www.gardendesign.com/designer/perks-hiring-professional-designer