https://land8.com/members/ykonwanderer/activity/ Activity feed for ykonwanderer. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:54:50 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 c58da44efbad708a9bbe3d729550607d https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/#post-165744 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:01:59 +0000 Well, she offered me the job, and I didn’t negotiate at all.  Right off the bat I was offered $43k plus benefits.  Sounded good to me (especially after all the responses I got on here).  I would have felt weird/greedy asking for more.
 
This is to all the new grads out there: don’t be scared.  If you think you’re worth something then go for it.…[Read more]

]]> 0 9e57789766cbc06fedda724d4f99faa0 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/#post-165748 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:29:36 +0000 Thanks a lot Jonathan!  I know that I regularly fall into the “getting timid trap” and I wanted to avoid this this time.
 
Is it better to ask for an offer in writing before we discuss salary?
 
I want to avoid canned “car-salesman” responses to salary questions, any suggestions?  (sorry can’t resist a joke)

]]> 0 554fefc1faee80a2a347a03334899cae https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/#post-165749 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:27:39 +0000 thanks a lot!  some very good links there too!

]]> 0 770a77b5a487ebe3550bae6faa1d31a8 http://land8.com/forums/topic/marketing-techniques/#post-165591 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:39:39 +0000 I don’t know if this is at all what you mean, but where I worked it was primarily from RFP’s and reputation.

]]> 0 a6841dc99bbfdd288e9b17793fa42bd1 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/#post-165753 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:53:08 +0000 Danielle: you were “one of them”  lol…
 
(joking here Russell, just joking here)

]]> 0 b2744d9fdfc6411552bc9260c145c936 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/2/#post-165755 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:50:25 +0000 Well somewhere on here I told people to come up here to take a job if they think the situation sounds so sweet.  It was sarcasm obviously, but should still be in here somewhere…

]]> 0 ecaf4b15ca315cd0d15f6213ade8b685 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/2/#post-165762 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:40:22 +0000 Lol – yes, if we want to cling to the paltriest of semantics while at the same time disregarding my acknowledgement in the above post…

]]> 0 c1b869d8b6834c12a338cab8c24b7ab3 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/2/#post-165765 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:28:07 +0000 haha, well I will say that my online persona is substantially more warrior-like than my real-life persona.  But we can head into cyber-battle together anytime!

]]> 0 54d8849e5edc2e6830661923c51c7411 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/2/#post-165766 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:26:46 +0000 I never once said, anywhere, that I think I should get low 50’s.  I asked – once – if 50k was too much to hope for.  
 
I have repeatedly said that I am hoping for mid to low 40’s, which is well within the entry level range I found on those websites.  Keep in mind pay depends much more on where you find the work rather than where you go to scho…[Read more]

]]> 0 be8ad8c3f161cb6576f04eb630338447 http://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/2/#post-165768 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:21:09 +0000 nrschmid: Well call me old fashioned, but I don’t send documents that can identify me over the internet for thousands of people to see, and I certainly don’t send them “privately” to a complete stranger who has really not done anything at all to gain my trust or goodwill.
 
I don’t understand what is so hard about taking what I have said at face…[Read more]

]]> 0 df1a011d8044755bf0ea473b836aa600 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/3/#post-165771 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:55:59 +0000 Hmm…interesting.  Why should I send you examples of my work when you won’t offer the same give and take on here to others?  Sending someone samples of work is infinitely more personal than giving some generic figures.
Does not compute.
 

]]> 0 595dd5294c992df04f45885d17de16e2 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/3/#post-165772 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:52:12 +0000 That’s one person’s opinion, and her whole blog is pretty much full of doomsday scenarios.  She is a bit of a peak oil “kook”…not terribly reputable and I’m surprised she is being given such a platform on this guys show.  Ok, maybe I’m not surprised considering…
 
Anyway, this is a much better analysis of the US and Canadian housing ma…[Read more]

]]> 0 f72491e52d29afa7adafafc4ae23c9d7 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/3/#post-165774 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:10:07 +0000 give it to me then.  *roll eyes*

]]> 0 bdc4023ddbfcd45b4848a1a09168ebec https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/3/#post-165775 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:09:22 +0000 But I’m not interviewing here.  I have repeatedly said why I don’t want to show my work to you.  Furthermore, I’m not on here looking for validation for my skills, or looking to prove to you that I know my stuff.  I have been using GIS for 7 years, so what?  I’m not competing with *you* so why do you care how good I am or not?
 
All I ever want…[Read more]

]]> 0 2b4d786fac9fbf6110b1847d26973df3 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/3/#post-165776 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:33:08 +0000 This is a great idea!  I have never heard of that site until now.
 

]]> 0 eaf9bb0a2dfd0ae472302ff44d36c1f9 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/3/#post-165777 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:30:54 +0000 Wrong again.  I’m beginning to see why you are unemployed.  Poor, poor reading comprehension, or a pig-headed refusal to accept what someone else has repeatedly said, an inability to recognize what the situation is, or all three at the same time.
 
Some points you repeatedly fail to understand:
1) I have never said my skills *demand* a higher sa…[Read more]

]]> 0 f69393036efb97890fe4784dcad82537 http://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/3/#post-165778 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:08:19 +0000 Thanks Nick, but the funny thing is, no where in my posts have I said I am expecting an “unusually higher than average” salary – I simply said I hoped I could get a little bit higher than average if possible, and was looking for advice on how to do that.
 
Some people have been helpful, and others have questionable reading comprehension and are…[Read more]

]]> 0 a5720f0d5c5d1ffd95295e2707cf6755 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/3/#post-165780 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:55:35 +0000  
Yeah Henry…um….you’re the one who seems to be whining.
 
“take the bloody job” …LOL
 
 

]]> 0 e2568fa9b7f740aeb711b9ea0c453380 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/3/#post-165781 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:43:20 +0000 Yes, you are correct Jennifer.  
 
The reason I have not been looking to line up other jobs yet  is because (1) I am admittedly a very bad procrastinator, (2) I have been feverishly working to bring my portfolio up to scratch, and (3) I did not think I would be contacting the firm so soon this semester, I did so because people on here were fr…[Read more]

]]> 0 c25645767965832a6fc44582a921c60c https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/3/#post-165782 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:34:44 +0000 Yes, I know that I should deflect the question, and this should be obvious, because I just asked what is the best way to do that.  Online all you get is a bunch of fake sounding canned car-salesman answers.

]]> 0 1f450c15341a55731481de5f4adb5016 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/4/#post-165785 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:48:28 +0000 haha, great story!
 
I do think our regions are different though.  I think in general the whole country is not as saturated as the U.S. is with landscape architects, it’s a much smaller community (only one or two BLA programs) and our economy is doing much better.

]]> 0 7fdf5dee48015ce79cbe5c0279d41d68 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/4/#post-165787 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:04:11 +0000 Thank you Nick!  Yes – a person can be humble and respectful and also know their worth!

]]> 0 f117eb1024041a560658b0cde05da924 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/4/#post-165788 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:01:58 +0000 yes, I emailed her last week and now regret it – I wish I had given myself more time to try to line up another offer, because she is “eager to have me back” and I am supposed to call her “at my earliest convenience”.
 
I feel like this is going to be almost a game of chicken.  Who’s going to dive first?
 
I just have no idea what to expect du…[Read more]

]]> 0 31df5657efd2b69c7163a60589b2b9b4 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/4/#post-165789 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:58:21 +0000 and for the 5th time now there is no interview.

]]> 0 e932edf9ffb39a5aede0114ee7e51b22 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/4/#post-165790 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:57:17 +0000 If they offer me what?  If they offer me low-mid $40’s then yes I will take it.  If they low-ball me then I will not take it.  I know from past years of experience that if I feel like I am not being paid fairly at the going rate or fairly compensated for my skills than I am miserable, and I have worked too hard since returning to school to be mi…[Read more]

]]> 0 e851f3ff28d2e477d260a32aa2708e81 https://land8.com/forums/topic/look-at-my-portfolio-what-should-i-do-to-apply-to-an-mla-program/#post-165631 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 04:54:58 +0000 Thomas: Although what you say does make sense to me, I’ve also been told that companies like to see how your skills have improved over the course of time, and so to include some older projects.  You think this is bad advice?

]]> 0 2d4a85c1e8ac5f3476bf06b06eb575aa https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/4/#post-165796 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 04:53:00 +0000 yes, yes, yes, you have said the same thing time and again.  More lecturing about humbleness, lowering my expectations, and the shitty economy.
 
Other people have kindly offered figures, taking into consideration the different economic situation in Canada, the different cost of living, and the higher inflation rate/prices across the b…[Read more]

]]> 0 1aadc0ad468f29e3e1ea212c82d940cf https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/4/#post-165798 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:53:14 +0000 Ah, finally!  Where have you been? haha.
 
I’ll just have to play it by ear I guess.

]]> 0 17a7ef0392b25b8542a3b91341ca2de7 https://land8.com/forums/topic/faith-based-city-planning/#post-165891 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:11:06 +0000

Although the argument started off relatively well (I think our neighbourhoods can sometimes be over-designed and over-regulated), he doesn’t seem to have any logic to his arguments later on: 
“I am thankful that I live in a place that offers a sense of space, yet is not too distant from neighbors and services. I am especially thankful for…[Read more]

]]> 0 94c40474b82dddbe1f2423edfa0d7879 https://land8.com/forums/topic/happy-world-gis-day-everyone/#post-166862 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:40:31 +0000 oh, that’s cool.

]]> 0 58b5079c6ea61d7dce63dc57d4382d3c https://land8.com/forums/topic/great-story-about-the-release-of-high-performance-landscape-guidelines-21st-century-parks-for-nyc/#post-165729 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:32:18 +0000 Yeah but it was a review ahead of the publication date.  I will try to find the issue.

]]> 0 ac64755609715939ace6d8f4c21da666 https://land8.com/forums/topic/landscape-architecture-jokes/#post-175320 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:46:44 +0000 Anyone remember this little sketch that appeared in an edition of Land Arch magazine (unfortunately I don’t even know what year it was), that was a satire of all the landscape architecture cliches?  I can remember it was a plan of a property, and there was a “sun-dried tomato growing area” labelled, and a whole bunch of other things like that.…[Read more]

]]> 0 5bed9a2197f12ce6324ef7faed5cd967 https://land8.com/forums/topic/happy-world-gis-day-everyone/#post-166864 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:16:52 +0000 Do you mean essentially using Arc Catalogue to create GIS shapefiles from drafted Civil 3d points lines and polygons?  You can’t do that with regular autocad?  
 
And haha, yes Civil 3d has a whole bunch of tools that are way beyond me…

]]> 0 c0509eef0b9d45c6d6804fae0ec628d9 https://land8.com/forums/topic/vizterra-3d-landscape-design-software/#post-167240 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:05:38 +0000 Does this include Canadian universities as well?

]]> 0 15faaf8f183dd4c1df89a796efafbcda https://land8.com/forums/topic/3-d-options-with-a-fast-learning-curve/#post-165712 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:04:00 +0000 If you get the book “Sketch Up for Site DEsign” by Daniel Tal there are many invaluable shortcuts and a great chapter on acquiring and using plugins.

]]> 0 9a3605f8399c31bdf72043b8a5f613cb https://land8.com/forums/topic/3-d-options-with-a-fast-learning-curve/#post-165713 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:53:25 +0000 My vote is also for Sketch Up.  Really really fast learning curve, and then eventually advanced users can do some pretty good models and renderings.

]]> 0 64569948054a48331e18ea5b70c8a1f7 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/5/#post-165803 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:50:35 +0000 It’s been out there for a few months. I spoke to some ex coworkers over x-mas break and the offer was there for me to work over the holidays if I wanted to.  I declined because the office is way too far away from my home, and I didn’t feel like trying to come up with accommodations for such a short amount of time.
 
And yes I am going to be con…[Read more]

]]> 0 ebff0e4fa3d87661856c387763b97907 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/5/#post-165804 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:47:10 +0000 Please.  You don’t know who my employers are, what they have told me, where my skills fit in to the equation, and you have obviously been selectively reading snippets of this thread (or you have chosen to only comment on the negatives).
 
For some reason you are under the impression that I would tell the company I don’t like their work?  For so…[Read more]

]]> 0 46c9ab28ad331e56ec8d6734d957ffe3 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/5/#post-165805 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:37:02 +0000 Who are you to tell me what I should and should not show on here?  Land8 is many things besides simply a “portfolio extension”, and if some people choose to show their work than that is great.  You need to respect others who do not wish to show their work.

]]> 0 ecd6ca5602ddd093427ca24d66426729 https://land8.com/forums/topic/great-story-about-the-release-of-high-performance-landscape-guidelines-21st-century-parks-for-nyc/#post-165731 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:25:19 +0000 There was a review of this book in Landscape Architecture magazine a little while back right? I didn’t attend the event, but the book sounded pretty good in the review at least. I seem to remember reading that the magazine found the guidelines very comprehensive, they focus on maintainable and sustainable parks, but I think I also read that some…[Read more]

]]> 0 3d510571c5a616c04fbc02fd02c63783 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/5/#post-165812 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:13:27 +0000 p.s. Nick – I looked over your portfolio on here and it’s great!  You are not  unemployed right now right??

]]> 0 a078baeb459566ba1a53813b25006a26 https://land8.com/forums/topic/happy-world-gis-day-everyone/#post-166866 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:59:12 +0000 I think with some of the extensions you get better design and display options.
 
You know you can use GIS to quickly build 3d models of entire cities or regions and map out the terrain, while simultaneously overlaying an almost infinite number of spatial and network analyses onto this 3d representation.  It’s pretty valuable for large-scale env…[Read more]

]]> 0 f9529132a7bb76dd557ea95e87f33249 https://land8.com/forums/topic/happy-world-gis-day-everyone/#post-166867 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:52:00 +0000 Hmm – I’m curious – what Civil 3d tools use GIS?

]]> 0 822a871897f013a223f10d706e338a10 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/5/#post-165813 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:28:48 +0000 I know that the company misses out on some projects (typically the “cooler” projects) because they are considered expensive. You think my salary should reflect what appears to be a higher billing rate than average?
 
I also think that on salary we do not get paid overtime, but benefits are provided for sure (dental, physio/massage, not sure what e…[Read more]

]]> 0 8581baa216980bc1773fc4c9bdc9a495 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/6/#post-165815 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:42:54 +0000 Yes, of course I would be respectful and humble.

]]> 0 8e200b90e0a32934aa27a8c357e4bde7 https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/6/#post-165818 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 04:52:09 +0000 That’s true, I’m sure I will be getting dental benefits and chiropractor/massage/physio benefits, etc.  So there is that.

]]> 0 bc7b54e49d58caa8c853f7c2e1007d9d https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/6/#post-165820 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 04:41:57 +0000 I would not be asking for a 50% raise, not at all.  I just know that I took the intern position with what is considered the lowest rate for interns (according to my profs) and am hoping they’re not expecting me to also take the low rate in salary.  I’m hoping to get the average, or more if possible.

]]> 0 985b2be17d3569b5824fc860a27ce18d https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/6/#post-165822 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:51:49 +0000 Another question:
 
Does the hourly billing rate have any effect on what they offer?  I know they bill out “newbies” (i.e landscape designers) at $85-95 an hour for most types of services.  Standard practice in determining these things is to triple what you are paying your employees right?  Obviously they’re not going to be paying us a third of…[Read more]

]]> 0 f4d37b037d1ddb7a18d46e8b8ff8b29e https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/6/#post-165823 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:37:00 +0000 Yeah, I have been considering applying to other firms to see if I could get an offer and then I could relax a little bit about things.

]]> 0 20825a6182b97b8d66843a293007b21d https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/6/#post-165828 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:36:50 +0000 If you read me listing my skills as self-aggrandizement then that’s your prerogative, but it’s puzzling to say the least.  
 
I have read far more self-aggrandizement coming from you in a different thread, where people suggested you start your own company since you already do everything better and know more and find your boss so incompetent…

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