Land8 | Keith | Activity https://land8.com/members/keith/activity/ Activity feed for Keith. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:17:09 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 6547ba9cf72d3ae45610c6eaf4d24976 Keith replied to the topic The Unemployment Rate For Landscape Architects/Designers in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/the-unemployment-rate-for-landscape-architectsdesigners/page/4/#post-159057 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:42:56 +0000 For anyone working in China, if you get laid off I hear North Korea and Iran are hiring LA’s.  Just a tip. 

]]> 0 82178864646ad463a57c89deff5c3387 Keith replied to the topic The Unemployment Rate For Landscape Architects/Designers in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/the-unemployment-rate-for-landscape-architectsdesigners/page/5/#post-159076 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:57:11 +0000 For anyone who does decide to work overseas, keep in mind that if the s**t hits the fan like in mauibob’s friend’s story, you will come back to a barren wasteland of LA job opportunites with no chance for unemployment benefits.  Double edge sword straight up the pooper.  It happened to me.

]]> 0 ee1c58d944107f05e9ff2f4379e94827 Keith replied to the topic The Unemployment Rate For Landscape Architects/Designers in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/the-unemployment-rate-for-landscape-architectsdesigners/page/7/#post-159099 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:43:55 +0000 First, I am not your boy.  Second, you are the epitome of my argument in that you had to go to CHINA to find work.

]]> 0 d9f0193573544702ce91f8c25463bd16 Keith replied to the topic The Unemployment Rate For Landscape Architects/Designers in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/the-unemployment-rate-for-landscape-architectsdesigners/page/7/#post-159101 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:18:22 +0000 I strongly disagree, Craig.. Do a quick search, there are plenty of jobs in civil engineering, architecture, environmental sciences, and surveying,…..none of which landscape architects are qualified to do.  Landscape architects cannot legally take a land plan or reclamation site from start to finish as civil engineers can, which is why we are…[Read more]

]]> 0 411ca2ab067c8638af882d949cc756cb Keith replied to the topic The Unemployment Rate For Landscape Architects/Designers in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/the-unemployment-rate-for-landscape-architectsdesigners/page/8/#post-159109 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:23:49 +0000 Reee-goddamn-diculous.  I’m gonna go cry, then look into the local vocational school district for a career in welding….then cry some more.

]]> 0 2e754f513f165fff228af4fce309d660 Keith replied to the topic The Unemployment Rate For Landscape Architects/Designers in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/the-unemployment-rate-for-landscape-architectsdesigners/page/8/#post-159115 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:46:25 +0000 MauiBob is spot on.  This “profession” is a disaster for my family and me.  I am now praying for a call-back from Petco and my wife, also a licensed landscape architect, is working 20 hours in a retail position.  Why would any firm hire a landscape architect when they already have engineers that can legally do everything we can, and more…[Read more]

]]> 0 fb545b35bd58fa1345828e52beac82be Keith replied to the topic Whats up with the "Jobs" link in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/whats-up-with-the-jobs-link/#post-158913 Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:54:28 +0000 True, but leave that stuff to Craigslist.  This is a site for Landscape Architects and we have a hard enough time teaching the public that we are more than glorified gardeners.  Job ads like that on a Landscape Architecture website only set the profession back, especially when it comes to prospective LA’s.

]]> 0 a9d570b6a076becd46f78c1792a50200 Keith replied to the topic Whats up with the "Jobs" link in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/whats-up-with-the-jobs-link/#post-158916 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:06:52 +0000 I like the ad for “entry level maintenance” and better yet “Landscape Assistant at University of Nebraska”.  Did anyone actually read that one?  The “Premier Social Network For Landscape Architects” is posting a job that includes mowing assigned areas with power mowers and requires an EIGHTH GRADE EDUCATION??!!!  Land8 you should be ashamed of yourselves. 

]]> 0 393e32c7382ba11cc0ac6a25fe950160 Keith replied to the topic Can't Afford Continuing Education! Now what? in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/cant-afford-continuing-education-now-what/#post-159138 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:41:51 +0000 Please note that I am in NJ.  I understand it may be easy to get CEC’s in other states but the NJ Board of Architects accepts next to nothing outside of the annual meeting.  They make it very difficult to even obtain information from the board on what alternatives I have to the meeting.  It feels like they care more about making money than helping…[Read more]

]]> 0 5aaf5b402a5d888d0a1c265bdbd8cbd7 Keith replied to the topic Can't Afford Continuing Education! Now what? in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/cant-afford-continuing-education-now-what/#post-159141 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:32:51 +0000 You guys are the best!  Thanks again for taking the time to respond.

]]> 0 2a3ba49d4a8f3e763a5ba25008fef685 Keith replied to the topic License or no License in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/license-or-no-license/#post-161585 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:32:10 +0000 Definately get the license.  Studying for the tests and taking them will make you better at what you do, especially grading and site design.  There’s a lot of stuff on the tests that you don’t learn in school and helps you look at things a bit differently.

]]> 0 ad8659b269fc3a60cb9bd37eba249d01 Keith replied to the topic A crappy job is better than no job at all....right? How low would you go? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/a-crappy-job-is-better-than-no-job-at-all-right-how-low-would-you-go/page/3/#post-165224 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:53:02 +0000 I understand the idea of glass half full, but waking up every day looking forward to a day in the office?  That’s a bit fluffy.  It will always be work, that’s why they pay you to do it.  That’s why people look forward to retirement.   Life isn’t passing you by if you are unhappy at your job.  You’re still getting experience, getting paid, you ha…[Read more]

]]> 0 5fc4d9300d339d66ce6273a9bec911ac Keith replied to the topic A crappy job is better than no job at all....right? How low would you go? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/a-crappy-job-is-better-than-no-job-at-all-right-how-low-would-you-go/page/5/#post-165251 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:57:59 +0000 Right on, if a company doesn’t give you health insurance then that’s a huge deciding factor.  Especially if you have kids.  
I’m not sure there are ‘ways around’ costly expenditures though.  As a business expense you won’t be taxed on it but you still have to pay for it in some fashion. 
I looked into the legal aspects of starting your own busin…[Read more]

]]> 0 b153fc363348cac70dec5e430ff592ac Keith replied to the topic A crappy job is better than no job at all....right? How low would you go? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/a-crappy-job-is-better-than-no-job-at-all-right-how-low-would-you-go/page/5/#post-165254 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:02:07 +0000 The more I think about this the more I think it would be absolutely asinine to quit a job in this field in this economic climate.  If you get laid off you can think about starting your own firm.  I know people that are using unemployment to help them get their business going.  But quitting a job means no unemployment.  Can you afford to buy a plo…[Read more]

]]> 0 f47a12777ecbe43369569539c3bf9df3 Keith replied to the topic A crappy job is better than no job at all....right? How low would you go? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/a-crappy-job-is-better-than-no-job-at-all-right-how-low-would-you-go/page/5/#post-165260 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:57:22 +0000 I’m thinking back to the worst LA job I ever had and how ironic it is that I’d even be willing to take a pay cut for THAT job.  If unemployment sounds like a good option, think of how good that option will be when it runs out and you still haven’t found a job. Or better yet the only job you can find is in a different state.  Unless you can secretl…[Read more]

]]> 0 3ac9c46e2fbdcf328995eb879896bb18 Keith replied to the topic If you can have any one superhuman power what would it be? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/if-you-can-have-any-one-superhuman-power-what-would-it-be/#post-166448 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:35:37 +0000 I’ll wrangle this thread back in by saying the ability to fly.  It was a toss up between that and invisibility but flying would save so much in commuting costs.  Wait, hang on……I change my mind.  I want the ability to print legal tender from my arse.   That would get rid of commuting altogether.

]]> 0 ac5f360345dbb1110d707816d8db17ef Keith replied to the topic LARE TESTING HOAX!? in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/lare-testing-hoax/page/3/#post-177021 Sat, 04 Dec 2010 01:08:19 +0000 If scoring the test is so cut and dry and only perfect tests pass, then how has anyone successfully overturned a failing grade? A coworker of mine knew he didn’t have enough pipe coverage and he still passed. Sooooo….What’s up with that?

]]> 0 2f77ba3fd935712da0d44b03a7a9ca73 Keith replied to the topic Is CLARB's redline review really worth it? in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-clarbs-redline-review-really-worth-it/page/2/#post-167970 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:50:40 +0000 The score verification process takes another 10-12 weeks too. So if you want to get licensed sooner rather than later you’ll have to sit for another exam while waiting for the verification process. You’ll be reimbursed for taking another test if you argued successfully to overturn your score, but you won’t be reimbursed for the redline review and…[Read more]

]]> 0 c7fc861ea00f6bd420226701af9402e3 Keith replied to the topic LARE TESTING HOAX!? in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/lare-testing-hoax/page/4/#post-177029 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:33:08 +0000 Good! Take notes! I have spoken with many national board test writers….architecture, engineering, nursing, optometry, BAR……and they are all surprised that CLARB has gotten away with a 37% passing rate for so long. Especially when they charge almost $400 bucks a pop.

I really do hope CLARB is reading this forum. We’re on to you and I claim…[Read more]

]]> 0 cc4f62de2274f4e613d9d6c01362438a Keith replied to the topic LARE TESTING HOAX!? in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/lare-testing-hoax/page/4/#post-177039 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:36:48 +0000 I took a redline review and 99% of the comments were good in nature….”good swale, trees saved, good drainage”….and I still failed because two of my swales, only in one spot, were under 2%. I believe they were around 1%. There’s the letter of the law and the spirit of the law, and anyone in their right mind could look at my test and see quite…[Read more]

]]> 0 09c643b6b85b14642969141f05898234 Keith replied to the topic What is the difference between Landscape Architecture and Landscape Design? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-is-the-difference-between-landscape-architecture-and-landscape-design/page/4/#post-170765 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:38:08 +0000 I really thought I knew the answer to this question but I only get more frustrated when I look at the facts. I got the degree and got the license, all the while looking forward to being a ‘professional’ with the same recognition as architects and engineers. But to my dismay it seems that in the eyes of NJ building departments landscape architects…[Read more]

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