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You definitely need to know the structure of the company and how the ‘ladder’ works.  Don’t be afraid to talk money, benefits, or how often you are up for a performance review.  Ask if they had to let anyone go in the last downturn (if they saw one), and what types of positions were eliminated.  Ask why they like living there.  Ask why they got…[Read more]

What is the structure of the office as far as how work is dispersed at different levels. Will you get to see any design work, or will you be a CAD robot who drafts other people’s design work. What is the promise for progression with the company as far as reviews and promotions. Will they pay for licensure, LEED, professional development…[Read more]

Congrats on the interview! One question I like (and one that has worked for me in the past) is to ask ‘what are the main projects in the pipeline that I could expect to be working on?,’ which is a polite, wholly acceptable way of asking ‘why are you bringing on a new person?’  This simultaneously invites the interviewer to expand on a topic they…[Read more]

On the difficulty of landscape architecture education… A picture is worth a thousand words. How’d you like to write a 10,000 word paper every week?
A bad workman blames his fools … EDIT: tools … stupid keyboard.
What’s the difference between God and a landscape arc…[Read more]

Well, I guess we know what Tim does for a living… 🙂

OK.  the whole office just laughed out loud!  That is the best one hands down.

Hi Joshua,
 
From your description of why you use Mac’s it sounds to be like you should be running a PC instead…
 
As the Mac pertains to a LA
 
Color Management   (N/A  not applicable)
Graphics (ie Adobe suite) LA may use some PhotoShop but it is not the primary tool of choice – ( limited application)
Video editing (N/A)
Better able to handle…[Read more]

How do you know there is a Landscape Architect in the room?
 
They already told you.

Of course, the esoteric:
 
“I should have you look at my backyard!”
 or
 
“My lawn has brown spots, what should I do?”

 … you find yourself in this economy getting ….
….just like…
 
… now if you could only get paid and have a steady stream of clients there might be something to that.

Mark,
 
You have hit the main ones for our industry.  There is a good open source GIS (I will have to check on the office systems where we use it).  Steve in an earlier post mentions Linux, but it is an operating system and not an application or program.  Still, it is a really strong and stable alternative to windows.  It is probably the most nota…[Read more]

Bha! Ha, ha, ha, ha… That’s hilarious!
Wait, I don’t get it… must be an inside joke…

I hope more schools/LAAB follow the NAAB/NCARB 3+2 model.

Jokes?
 
Google “job outlook, landscape architect” and you’ll get a list of them.

TARP money was for financial institutions. The money some are refering to is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
 
The big question is whether the government borrowing money to recirculate results in more jobs than it smothers by the added deficit. It is forgotten that the government takes that money out of the economy to put it into the e…[Read more]

I use inkscape for some graphics, and am looking in to GRASS for gis.