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This is now of the most eye-opening episodes I have recorded. Its alternative title or subtitle would be: CAN ARCHITECTURE BE A 9-5 JOB?
Some time ago, one of the biggest architecture studios posted a job offer, with one of the requirements being: 'no 9 – 5 mentality'.
It got a lot of attention in social media and made many people question the current working ethics. One of the loudest voices of this discussion belongs to Jake Rudin: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6832783241913745408/ (LinkedIn post)
Jake is a strategic thinker and designer and member of the Adidas Advanced Creation Technologies team. He is also the co-founder of Out of Architecture — a career consulting firm started by two Harvard-educated professionals interested in exploring the value of their skills both in and out of the architectural profession.
His main point (according to my understanding) is that all architects & designers, especially the young ones, should be fairly paid for the work they do . They should value their competence, knowledge, years spent at the university education and vast palette of skills.
He summarized: I'm so disappointed in architecture. I love the art, I love the work, and I love the people. The profession as a whole needs to be corrected. I can't save the profession, but I can help individuals.
It reasoned with me a lot — good working conditions and people centered approach is something that is important to me. And I do agree, that we, young professionals, should value our skills. The end result of my thinking is this episode.
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Jest to odcinek podkastu:
Urbcast - a podcast about cities (podcast o miastach)
Urbcast is a bilingual podcast about cities, urbanism and more. Every week you will hear about my observations regarding cities, urban design, architecture, living in the Scandinavian capital of design — Copenhagen and interviews with various guests.
Urbcast to dwujęzyczny podcast o miastach, urbanistyce i nie tylko. Co tydzień usłyszysz w nim o moich spostrzeżeniach dotyczących miast, architektury, Kopenhagi, posłuchasz rozmów z gośćmi - nie tylko ze świata urbanistyki.
By Marcin Wojciech Żebrowski — urbanist and city lover
info@urbcast.pl | https://linktr.ee/urbcast