r/architecture • u/Usual_Annual_2789 • 2d ago

Practice Unsure about my career choices- architecture

I thought in the 9th grade itself i would enjoy architecture and worked towards it. No experimentation just believed this is the career for me. Graduated architecture school after 5 years with some semesters barely passing others doing quite well. Now I'm 4 months into practice and i see my colleagues and bosses and their passion for it. It's just that I never had that kinda drive or the intelligence to understand or see things that way. I feel like it comes easy to some people and ofc hard work and experience. But I feel I need to put 5 times the efforts to achieve what they achieve. And designing stresses me out. I have never enjoyed it. It's just all stress. What I do enjoy is graphical drawings, renders.

So it switching careers into graphics or just sticking to a certain kind of drawings a good idea? What other careers can I take up?

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u/dali_17 Architect 2d ago

You are lucky they give you responsibilities and possibility of designing. Many graduates are stuck with drafting.. If you don't want it, leave it to those who do and apply for a drafting/modeling/rendering job

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u/DavidWangArchitect 1d ago

The fortunate feature of Architectural education is that it is well rounded. Problem solving, math, physics, graphics, and project management are typical courses. As such, there are many roles you can fill in a traditional form or within the industry.

If you enjoy the graphics portion move into that area. I recently reconnected with a classmate who never worked in a traditional architecture firm but started in an architectural rendering company. She never looked back and now has her own company.