An old friend/co-worker came to visit the office recently and we discussed our current working situations. He pretty much understood mine, as he had worked in my environment. I listened to his stories as a project manager, and delved into his world. It was therapeutic and shortly afterwards I understood why we need to keep in contact with our peers. Their experiences can be your own, if only through words, and those experiences enable us to follow enriching paths and avoid similar mistakes. As you grow keep hold of former classmates and co-workers, their paths are often common to yours and what happens to them may enrich your own direction. My friend told me, he is actively documenting his experience to sit the architectural exam, too! Bravo!
Well my friend left with two or three comments. One was a series of UK and other imported magazines that can be found at a magazine spot on Park Ave by Union Sq. (I really don’t want to mention the spot cause you might purchase my magazines! Post a comment and I’ll tell you exactly where it’s at.) He also told me he missed the in-office dialogue we used to have, talking mostly about architecture and space, buildings going up and the like. And I gotta tell ya, I enjoyed discussing projects. I too miss our brief talks on form, building code, style, materials and more. Well, I devoured, Mark, one of the three magazines he recommended and I’ll soon be reading, Refabricating Architecture, the book he recommended too! The point is maintaining a dialogue with your peers helps develop maturity, brings fresh points of view and continually challenges your way of seeing things. Stay connected to your colleagues and be bold, speak up!
PPI