For my job shadowing experience I went to Meloite, Morris, Leonatti, and Parker architecture firm. Along with my fellow classmate Jessie J. we were privileged to follow Parker around for the day and see what its like to be an architect. I had felt like I wanted to be an architect for a long time and that it would be a good avenue for me to follow, but this experience set it in concrete. I had a lot of fun and enjoyed being able to see what its like. I like the layout of a normal architecture studio and what it looks like. I noticed that Mr. Parker didn't sit and do one thing for an extended period of time which appeals to me because I get bored when doing one thing for an extended period of time.
I arrived at 8:00am and was allowed to play on their software for a couple hours while he attended a meeting. It is the same software we use in CAD class so I feel like I am preparing well for my career which excites me. We then went out to lunch where he talked to us about how we got interested in architecture. A little later in the day he showed us the blueprints to one of the buildings they designed. After that he took us to the actual site where this building was being built which was awesome because we got to see drawings turn into an actual built building. It interest me to be able to design something on paper that you then get to tell people to build. I like thinking that I will be designing places that people will live in, function in, and protect people from natural disasters. I can't wait to be an architect. This job shadowing experience definitely was beneficial to me and helped me secure my ideas that architecture would be a good career path for me.
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