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Atleast…..I hope they would be higher for LA’s like yourself who live in California.

Oh the revolving door comment was because I know a lot of people my age, aka just out of college, who have been hired by firms like Sasiki and to be fired within two years. But your def. right, better to have a revolving door than no door.

Thank you Trace, for telling me how the world works. I feel better now.

California has a high cost of living compared to the rest of the US, therefor salaries are higher to compensate.

You never cease to surprise me T1! For someone who dislikes lengthy posts, your enjoyment of Wolfe’s loquacious prose seems out of character. Granted, my writing hardly measures up to his. Though, without knowing anything about him, he sounds stereotypical of a brilliant NY intellectual drunkard who rambles on just to hear himself talk. While it…[Read more]

Agreed, these people (kids?) should really read the posts on this site before making such risky endeavor.

I think if you end up finding a job in the field at all, you should take it. Gotta start somewhere right?

+ There are lots of firms in Boston and Cambridge, not to mention several suburbs (can I use that word?).

The cost of living is not anywhere close to low – especially housing in Boston (lots of students). … not a plus or minus, but since others assume that it is low it should be mentioned.

– There are lots of recent graduates available from…[Read more]

Great Tom Wolfe piece, Russel, thank you – man he was alive back then, in his words..

I take away from that a sort of cycnicism of theory, in keeping with our general anti-intellectual atmosphere in America today (and forty years ago, thanks Mr. Wolfe..)
But unfortunately, Olmsteds designs, Prospect Park, look the way they do because of theory -…[Read more]

they pay more because it is more expensive? what? the world does not work that way, sorry, David – check out the LA salaries in Hawaii..Reminds me of when I told my dad that I thought we made more money because we had more kids..
and no, we weren’t on welfare..
I think the pay difference is because of unions..

They’re looking for 6-8 years experience… that shouldn’t be grunt any more. Besides, I’d rather have a revolving door than no door at all…

Both Revit and BIM do not transition to landscape architecture easily. Or should I say that landscape architecture doesn’t transition to them easily. As more engineers use these programs so do architects. Unfortunately site design and an easy interface inst something either programs interfaces excel at…..at all.

Well, I would never pay good money to have someone slap a plan together that they think would work, but maybe in some parts of the world people do that..? Who am I kidding? That has apparently happened all over the place! With the help of poeple who have no business reviewing plans or approving them. I think they call it “Tomorrows Ghettos…[Read more]

Your positivity is contagious…..

Supply and Demand. There are more people, supply, then there is demand. I havent really seen this though. Companies asking for MLA’s for entry level? Where? What companies? If your good enough they will want you as an investment.

You need connections with firms. Following a path that literally hundreds are taking wont get you to your goal.

Ofcourse California pays more, look at how expensive everything is.

Thats a big move. If I was you I would get some assurance of a job before hand. Dont go blindly. Oh and Sasaki is like a revolving door to the grunts of the office.

california never suffered from the ‘right to work ‘ plague that hit the eastern south – so my experience is that the salaries in Ca. are the highest in the country..But I am not specifically familiar with the eastern north states – north of New York, for example..
I personally have found Ca. to have exacting testing for LA’s and substantially…[Read more]

Unfortunately I’ve never been good at groveling… Sometimes I wish I was…