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First Day of Work

For those of you who I haven’t talked to in a week: I got a job.  I am working at an architecture firm in Palatine, IL.  The commute is about 45 minutes for me which is kind of a bummer and kind of expensive but the job will give me really good experience.

Today I worked on some stuff using Adobe InDesign.  I did one presentation board and edited a tenant criteria manual.  They were both interesting things to work on and it’s nice to actually have some design input as far as the layouts go.  I hope I can continue to work on some stuff like this as well as doing some CAD work in the future.

That’s all for now.

May 13 2008 | Architecture and Job and Personal | No Comments »

Job Search

So I am looking for an architectural internship this summer and I have my résumé all set but now I am struggling to write a cover letter.  I find it hard to talk about my self and that is basically all a resume and cover letter are.  I’m looking at different samples online and it is just so sappy and self-loving.  It is also hard because I don’t have a ton of experience to go on with AutoCAD or anything so that makes things a litte more difficult.

If you have any tips or want to help me out then please let me know either in an email or a comment.  Thanks!

January 11 2008 | Architecture and Job and Personal | No Comments »