Any Architectural Drafters Out There?

[Astro Bear]

Hey dudes, i've just come out of a four year uni course and have commenced full time work as a town planner. It's full on work, with lots of stress and deadlines, but the money is good.

I'm going to continue work in this field for about another year or so, and then i'm thinking of heading more into the design field. Architectural drafting / building design is what i'm thinking of entering into.

Are there any architectural drafters out there? What are your thoughts / experiences in this field?

[Takahashi GTR]

Hey dudes, i've just come out of a four year uni course and have commenced full time work as a town planner. It's full on work, with lots of stress and deadlines, but the money is good.

I'm going to continue work in this field for about another year or so, and then i'm thinking of heading more into the design field. Architectural drafting / building design is what i'm thinking of entering into.

Are there any architectural drafters out there? What are your thoughts / experiences in this field?

Astro,

Get into Architectural/Building design over town planning, any town planners i know hate their jobs as its the same shit everyday. Your work will be more enjoyable as a designer as it wont be so repetitive.

Put it this way, would you rather be going through others designs all day or would you want to be designing your own stuff?

Its as simple as that.

Drafting and Design are two different things all together though.

[Mohsen]

Astro,

Get into Architectural/Building design over town planning, any town planners i know hate their jobs as its the same shit everyday. Your work will be more enjoyable as a designer as it wont be so repetitive.

Put it this way, would you rather be going through others designs all day or would you want to be designing your own stuff?

Its as simple as that.

Drafting and Design are two different things all together though.

+1. how awesome would it be driving past a building that YOU designed.

[CrispyFries]

I considered doing the tafe course part-time (Advanced Diploma of Building Design - Architectural) as I enjoy designing buildings and such in my free time, and starting a weekend company, but at 5 years part time and 26 grand I decided against it - now I just need to find a drafter to redraw my extension plans for council approval...

[jaxt]

If you want to get in to a real autonomous design field....I recommend civil designing....

designing roads, sewer, drainage, water reticulation, etc. I can state more applications..

It'll open up a fair few opportunities and not too much of a leap from town planning I hazard to guess.

I've done a bit of building design albeit small residential stuff low story etc...but definitely for more design involvement and challenging opportunities try civil.