ann gilkey

ann gilkey replied to the topic Right Now- My only real live job option- I need some input from anyone that wants to offer it in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 13 years, 1 month ago

For what it’s worth, I can tell you that your experience in landscape architecture makes you one of the best “Jacks-of-all-trades” on the market. Finding the niche is the catch. I have ended up as an academic advisor at a vocational institution because of my ability to understand the downturn in the building industry, my abilitiy to see s…[Read more]
ann gilkey posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 13 years, 4 months ago

Maureen, You’re comment made me smile. I hope no one is doing this licensure thing for exclusivity and prestige. One person’s “exclusive and prestigious” is another person’s struggling profession. I would never go through all of this for exclusivity or prestige. Are you aware that most people do not know or care what an LA is? I was kidding wh…[Read more]
ann gilkey posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 13 years, 4 months ago

Each time I take it, I think, “I just need to go home and focus more on ( fill in the blank)”. Then I come back, and little I focused on is on there and something I never saw before in all my life is on there. That’s pretty bad when you own over 50-80 vignettes, a shelf of books, numerous electronic feeds and have practiced them every day fo…[Read more]
ann gilkey replied to the topic Jacksonville Florida Study Group in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 13 years, 7 months ago

Chris,
Have you already passed all of these? I still need all of these sections and am in Saint Augustine. I would love to study with someone.
ann gilkey replied to the topic LARE SECTION A – woes for a 24 year veteran in the industry…. in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 13 years, 7 months ago

Laura,
I just passed A after being out of school and away from a firm for 13 years. I studied all the available tests, read all of the books (five of them, I think. available on interlibrary loan) on the reading list and researched everything on the ppi that i did not know all about. (even the wrong answers). I also looked at project manuals. I…[Read more]
ann gilkey posted an update in the group Florida Chapter ASLA 13 years, 7 months ago

If some local study groups would announce themselves here many of us looking could find one. Anybody studying together in North East Florida?
ann gilkey replied to the topic LARE TESTING HOAX!? in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 14 years, 1 month ago

I don’t think anyone is suggesting that the licensing process should not be rigorous; only that the appropriate information be accessible and commensurate with the investment one makes in it. Those of us who have not worked in a mulit-disciplinary broad service firm or who have been out of work have to rely heavily on accurate, available…[Read more]
ann gilkey replied to the topic LARE TESTING HOAX!? in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 14 years, 1 month ago

Guys, I’ve been out of school and work for 10 years (kids). I’ve got tons of regurgitated and new study material and have been to last years preps. My problem is that the lare is a moving target and I am trying to do this with dwindling funds. I am studying A now and everywhere I look, new issues pop up that require hundreds of dollars to gain…[Read more]
ann gilkey replied to the topic SECTION D study material?? in the forum EDUCATION 14 years, 1 month ago

when you took section a, did it require construction information and if so, what did you use to study that?
ann gilkey replied to the topic "The 'scape' is killing the profession." in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 14 years, 3 months ago

amen.
ann gilkey replied to the topic "The 'scape' is killing the profession." in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 14 years, 3 months ago

Matisse once said, “I don’t paint things. I paint the differences between things”. That’s the best cocktail answer I’ve come up with. Yes, it leaves the hearer perplexed, but at least they find me thoughtful and witty instead of wordy and irrelevant. Landscape Architects don’t only design stuff, they make stuff work. I believe LA’s must become…[Read more]