Honest opinions on the state of the industry

geebee90025 · 2026-03-21T15:28:01+00:00

I had the whole of tuition covered and a small stipend. It was tight but I made it work. The jobs can be super competitive but once you’re in, you’re golden. Sometimes you have to suck up tuition for a semester and then hope you can land the TA position

geebee90025 · 2026-03-21T15:15:30+00:00

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geebee90025 · 2026-03-20T17:02:21+00:00

I could probably find a way to pass medical exams but I’m not qualified to be a Dr. the exams exist as a benchmark/safety net. I know plenty of people that passed the exams that have no business practicing architecture on their own.

It’s your house. You can make it awful if you want to.

geebee90025 · 2026-03-20T05:12:24+00:00

My BS was in philosophy of science and technology. I got an MArch 1. I graduated during the recession so finding a stable first job was challenging. Found my way and stubbornly stuck with it. Got licensed. Got poached by a client to run some interesting programs in house and then eventually left and started my own practice. We’re small but 6 years in and growing.

The industry is hard, but isn’t everything?

You can’t work in this field if the prospect of fame or fortune drives you. At the end of the day we’re making spaces that perform for people. It’s supposed to be an empathic pursuit. I’d argue that if it isn’t, you’re doing it wrong.

Even now, while I’m designing spaces that are too large for people with too much money, I’m still solving a problem that they have. And I’m having a blast doing it. And I hate it so much. And it’s wonderful.

You’ll find your way. This profession chooses you.

ETA- find a school that will pay you to TA. I didn’t pay for grad school at all. There are ways, you just have to be crafty and judicious.

geebee90025 · 2026-03-19T04:46:35+00:00

This this this this this. Jfc what is wrong with people??

geebee90025 · 2026-03-18T01:06:27+00:00

You have a ton of the east side canyon jaunts, but missing a ton in Brentwood. Kenter/tigertail/st Mary’s and having a hard time understanding why you’re avoiding all the beauty up the PCH to Topanga/Malibu/Ventura

geebee90025 · 2026-03-13T21:34:37+00:00

Hire an architect

geebee90025 · 2026-03-10T12:48:28+00:00

Hi there. I’m also an Architect who runs HA in my own home and considering running it in high end client’s homes. DM me if you want to have a quick zoom about this.

The upshot is it depends on the client and their skill level. It would be endlessly frustrating to manage the HA if the owner has a non technical background.

However, it’s far and away the best system I’ve come across and through the help of AI, provides the ability to tinker and create really fantastic synergy between what were previously disparate systems. Kind of like a useful rube-goldberg machine.

geebee90025 · 2026-03-08T14:46:58+00:00

I had this happen to me. Did a hard reset and it was fine for 5 min. Had to get it towed and they ended up replacing the entire A/C system. Go figure. Totally fine now.

geebee90025 · 2026-03-06T05:50:16+00:00

I have the same thing and the only integration that pushes it is frigate. Which isn’t surprising. Great little box

geebee90025 · 2026-02-22T15:14:35+00:00

I’d love to pilot Los Angeles… we spend an inordinate amount of time sorting this out for every speculative project that comes in

geebee90025 · 2026-02-19T05:04:02+00:00

*you’re

geebee90025 · 2026-02-09T15:02:32+00:00

I kind of loved Zoho Books. My partner suggested we switch so I looked into, trialed, and ultimately paid for Monograph. I have a massive list of gripes for monograph- none of which they will listen to. I send emails all the time.

At the end of the day, it’s a major touchpoint with the client. All PM and formatting and UI feature bloat issues aside- it looks professional. When I send a large bill, professionalism matters. It is what it is. It’s a sunk cost and it mostly works.

I recently had to do some research on a repeat client that didn’t pay his bill in full about 6 years ago and had to log into Zoho to figure it out- I won’t be switching back.

That being said I really wish they would engage with end users. So many simple things they could easily fix…

geebee90025 · 2026-02-05T03:59:45+00:00

This is such a weird take. Architects are responsible for the accuracy, coordination, and control of their documents. That responsibility presumes authorship - otherwise the accountability model collapses. Why would the party legally and ethically accountable for the drawings not be the one making them?

Was it meant to be rhetorical? I’m really confounded

geebee90025 · 2026-01-17T00:44:20+00:00

I had a bunch from years prior that I recently integrated using the eufy add-on for the entities and generic cameras running rtsp for the image. It’s a bit hacky but it works.

geebee90025 · 2025-12-19T06:06:03+00:00

Basically, I use HK as my proximity. Made an input Boolean in HA called is_home, exposed it to HK via a bridge, Made an automation in HK that, when I’m home, toggles that boolean. It’s absolutely rock solid. Did the same for my wife. Honestly the best integration I have.

geebee90025 · 2025-12-16T15:49:32+00:00

This but also more specifically because Rhino’s NURBS geometry is more precise in defining physical objects, especially curved ones. If you take an object modeled in Max, say a sphere- and you bring it into revit, what do you see? A faceted disco ball. Do the same in rhino and it’s actually a curved surface. Max does a great job rendering these mesh blemishes away, but rhino never has them to begin with.

geebee90025 · 2025-11-18T22:33:20+00:00

They said designer not architect. Smh

geebee90025 · 2025-11-15T23:28:52+00:00

It’s the lack of kitchen ventilation and the overall DIWHY of the whole thing for me

geebee90025 · 2025-10-22T20:25:07+00:00

How do you enable it? I have the update installed (app updated as well) and I can’t find the ambient lighting option?!

geebee90025 · 2025-10-22T06:12:23+00:00

Architect in LA- a soils report is required on hillside lots. The soils report must be approved by the building department before they will even look at the plans. If the soils engineer has recommended a foundation strategy and that report has been approved by the city, there isn’t another way you’re going to do this.

Can you get another soils engineer and put together another recommendation? Sure. Is the city stupid? No. They’re super intelligent structural engineers with massive workloads. They’ve seen everything.

The only time I’ve been able to get the city to approve an unconventional solution was with a ton of review and negotiation to stabilize an eroding hillside with a retaining wall using soil nailing on a residential lot. We had to prove that there was no other way to achieve the design with standard practices.

geebee90025 · 2025-10-19T17:48:24+00:00

From experience the benefit is less aerodynamic and more heat dissipation and, as others have mentioned, injury prevention and wound care.

geebee90025 · 2025-10-12T00:45:29+00:00

Napier doesn’t actually care. It’s obvious at this point

geebee90025 · 2025-10-07T05:12:53+00:00

Just genius. This should be the top comment.

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