Land8 | Hans C Stoll | Activity https://land8.com/members/hanscstoll/activity/ Activity feed for Hans C Stoll. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:43:36 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 d8c866f412704295729c329e30181a44 Hans C Stoll replied to the topic State of the Profession in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/state-of-the-profession/page/4/#post-170064 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:31:23 +0000 Great post, great perspective, and I am glad to know that there are some firms like yours still around. A bright point in a bleak year. Thanks.

]]> 0 5eeb824059adfbd8fc35137fe1d16f49 Hans C Stoll replied to the topic State of the Profession in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/state-of-the-profession/page/4/#post-170065 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:26:18 +0000 Not easily outsourced? Try again….. China and India and other countries in which 20 bucks-per-day is “good” are becoming a common source for just this sort of work. Owner or Manager does some sketch and then some CAD monkey in some third-world country cranks it out in the wee hours for peanuts and does the quick turn-around back to the US. No…[Read more]

]]> 0 31b805418265dca1ac5347dbdf399d92 Hans C Stoll replied to the topic State of the Profession in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/state-of-the-profession/page/4/#post-170068 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:52:32 +0000 Damn Russ……. I hope you are wrong about “add a decade to that”. Hell, my hair may be gray or GONE by that time if true.

I do however agree with you about the end of the “rainmaker with an army of CAD monkeys”. That is good. Always hated that particular biz model. There are still guys out there who want to slap something onto a piece of trace…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0268de48b36948a455e768840667861 Hans C Stoll replied to the topic Are you working or not ? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/are-you-working-or-not/page/3/#post-171036 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:32:02 +0000 Nope.

Laid-off 6 weeks ago. Watched a 29 person firm wither to 4 guys at half-pay (yes, you read that right…. half pay). Now the remaining get 75% pay because of my being pushed over-board to lighten the lifeboat.

14+ months at 50% pay teaches you how to survive on next-to-nothing in prep for being unemployed. 8 resume’s out so far…. not a…[Read more]

]]> 0 7fb712218ea00392f0430489403879af Hans C Stoll replied to the topic feel like a typewritter salesman circa 1994? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/feel-like-a-typewritter-salesman-circa-1994/#post-169909 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:30:45 +0000 Thanks alland, I was about to respond to Rick that in Arizona Landscape Architecture is a required professional service for new-build (just about everything but S.F. residential).

Not at all “caviar”, but a necessary part of a new project municipal submittal and approval process. As necessary here as civil or structural in fact.

Certainly not a…[Read more]

]]> 0 93f8bccd1d3a778d4e34453a4662587b Hans C Stoll replied to the topic feel like a typewritter salesman circa 1994? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/feel-like-a-typewritter-salesman-circa-1994/#post-169912 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:12:43 +0000 Two of the most recent posts; (1) mac salesman back in 84 and (2) typewriter paper salesman……. both are perhaps better analogies. Mac was an out-of-favor product until later. Typewriter may come-and-go but the paper remains the same and is now used by printers instead.

I would accept either scenario over what it too often seems like within…[Read more]

]]> 0 c038e3283d63f6f3fbdbcd4bf40fe1d8 Hans C Stoll replied to the topic feel like a typewritter salesman circa 1994? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/feel-like-a-typewritter-salesman-circa-1994/#post-169915 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:07:29 +0000 Yes. And less work = fewer actual positions, shrinking firms, fewer firms, shrinking salaries for those who have positions at a firm.

What once felt like a valued and important occupation now feels like the “stepchild”. Trust me Architects and even Civil’s are feeling this too.

Point specifically was that the title “Landscape Architect” in AZ at…[Read more]

]]> 0 2057d2843dd9738d244fc5e561e11790 Hans C Stoll replied to the topic feel like a typewritter salesman circa 1994? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/feel-like-a-typewritter-salesman-circa-1994/#post-169916 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:56:57 +0000 Tempted….. Could I get a root-canal instead maybe?

🙂

Hope all is well w/ you Russ.

]]> 0 26810beb354b57cfc7a7c641252f3ab7 Hans C Stoll replied to the topic feel like a typewritter salesman circa 1994? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/feel-like-a-typewritter-salesman-circa-1994/page/2/#post-169924 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:33:28 +0000 (elaboration: Trying to sell a service or product that few people feel they want or need at this time)

Not sure who has the word-processor yet. Have one friend who is an RLA and has decided to chase Pharamcy as a career instead. Another RLA is becoming a teacher. Odd trend, ditching Landscape Architecture for something 100% un-related.

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