1. Age:
25
Studied:
Architecture
at
USC
Employment:
Recently
employed
doing
construction,
design,
and
product
management.
The
person
I
interviewed
is
a
friend
who
did
not
initially
know
what
he
wanted
to
study
and
almost
fell
into
architecture.
He
was
initially
pre-­‐med
but
decided
to
switch
out
once
he
realized
that
he
wasn’t
being
real
with
himself.
He
was
introduced
to
architecture
by
a
friend
and
was
intrigued
by
the
aspect
of
designing
and
building
things.
He
was
always
a
creative
person
and
enjoyed
making
stuff
so
he
felt
it
would
be
a
good
fit.
He
considered
himself
very
lucky
to
have
stumbled
into
something
that
he
now
enjoys
so
much.
Here
are
some
of
the
things
that
he
said:
Major
• Chose
his
major
on
the
reasoning
that
it
would
provide
him
with
a
better
skillset
for
doing
interior
design
and
construction
• He
likes
to
create
things
so
architecture
was
a
good
fit
• It
would
allow
him
to
be
better
equipped
for
the
kind
of
work
that
enjoyed
doing.
Job
Hunt
• Used
Craigslist
to
find
his
internship,
which
led
to
his
current
job.
• Also
utilized
career
fairs,
listened
to
lectures
about
job
options
for
architecture
majors,
and
spoke
to
professors
at
times.
Ideal
Job
• A
job
that
will
give
him
exposure
to
all
facets
of
project.
He
want
to
be
a
developer
so
he
needs
to
know
how
every
part
of
the
project
works.
Education
• “School
did
not
prepare
me
at
all
for
what
I
want
to
do”
• He
wants
to
be
more
hands
on
and
felt
that
school
was
a
bit
too
theoretical
• “30%
is
learned
at
school
and
70%
on
the
job,
though
the
30%
is
necessary
in
order
to
learn
the
70%”
• wanted
more
real
world
scenarios
at
school.
More
hands
on
projects
that
would
give
him
real-­‐world
experience.
Here
is
what
I
think
he
felt:
He
has
been
working
for
a
couple
of
months
now
and
you
can
tell
that
work
was
a
lot
more
physically
intensive
and
stressful
than
school.
He
had
left
the
realm
of
theory
that
school
harbored,
where
budgets
were
endless,
restrictions
were
few,
and
materials
were
plentiful.
He
is
now
working
in
an
environment
where
you
can’t
simply
press
“Apple-­‐Z”
to
undo
your
mistakes,
and
all
types
of
restriction
and
regulations
exist.
He
also
has
to
know
about
different
types
of
materials
and
how
they
function,
which
he
was
never
exposed
to
in
school.
Granted
to
he
has
taken
a
more
untraditional
path
than
the
typical
architect
who
usually
gets
a
job
doing
CAD

2. work,
nevertheless
he
seemed
frustrated
that
he
was
not
given
more
exposure
to
how
architecture
works
in
the
real
world.
Here
is
what
I
think
he
thought:
On
one
hand
he
said
school
did
not
prepare
him
for
work,
but
on
the
other
hand
he
said
that
school
gave
you
the
necessary
30%
that
will
allow
you
to
learn
the
70%
while
at
work.
He
seemed
to
be
thinking
that
it
would
be
nice
if
more
of
the
70%
was
taught
in
school.
The
interview
was
over
the
phone
so
unfortunately
I
could
not
see
what
he
did.
Insight:
The
interview
reinforced
the
well
known
idea
that
school
does
not
prepare
your
for
work.
Although
because
architecture
is
such
a
project
based
major
I
thought
they
leave
school
with
a
skillset
that
is
similar
to
what
they
would
gain
once
they
are
employed.
We
can
see
that
even
project
based
majors
can
be
too
theoretical
and
distant
from
what
the
type
of
work
that
happens
in
once
employed.
Problem
Statement:
This
recent
architecture
graduate
was
frustrated
that
he
did
not
have
enough
real
world
experience
because
it
was
not
emphasized
in
school.