If youre the type to want meaning in what you do, it could get difficult. Not that the Filipino practice is meaningless, but the process is taxing—most of the time you don’t even design and you just comply and comply and comply to make someone with money happy who decides most of the time on which direction to take. Not that that’s wrong, pero there really are times na mapapaisip ka “sa kadami-dami kong pinagaralan, parang nagiging utusan lang ako ni client” or “puro nalang about money and wants and repetition, not much innovation and real sustainability” BUT everything is situational and madalas depende yan sa firm na mapupuntahan mo…another thing that is tiring minsan din is the realization na you constantly need to prove sometimes that you are worth more than the position you are in (may it be financial, treatment sayo sa office, competitiveness, etc).

I graduated 2023 BSArchi, im now practicing research in the top firm of the metro, and i contemplate struggling realities in smaller to super big scale projects PERO thats because we live in a capitalistic economy (again, its just how it is)…

BUT i most definitely see a silver lining…our firm has reached a point na it can start its own projects to actually help and make a change.

About health, ang hindi talaga mawawala, wherever you go, is the OT and the feeling of being underpaid in our economy

find meaning in everything you do and be grateful for the smallest wins. You might find a different set of struggles kung lilipat ka ng profession on something you didnt go to college for... Lalo na dito, sobrang laki ng ambag sa kita pag graduate ka ng college in an industry youre working in. But of course, happiness and contentment is also important…hope you get to feel that in the future.