The document discusses two popular professions of the 21st century: architect and designer. For architects, key personal qualities include originality, inventiveness, observation, responsibility, and a sense of harmony and taste. Important abilities include spatial thinking, excellent vision, good organizational and teamwork skills, computer literacy, and analytical/mathematical abilities. Architects can earn a good salary and fame but it can be difficult to have a successful career. Designers work in fields like industrial, landscape, fashion, and graphic design. They need originality, responsibility, independence, observation skills, creativity, artistic ability, and developed spatial/creative thinking.