Re: Crappy Pay - WHY???

Dave,

You said:

>2. Architects are free to become developers.
>
>In fact one would think that they would be ideally suited to do so. It's a
>question in itself why they so rarely do so.

I have a friend here in San Diego who is a respected architect here and is
his own developer.  He is a young, idealistic, energetic guy who is
impassioned with architecture and urban planning.  He has gotten together a
small group of investors and has done four projects downtown including
moderately-priced condominium units and a mixed-use project.

My friend loves the total control of design which the architect/developer
role allows him.  Lately, however, he's been talking about moving to the
northwest territory!  I think he is caught in the classic bind--hooked on
the control but hating the huge chunks of his time required for dealing
with the dogs at his heels.



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Carolyn Myhre
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