Job potential stuff---

[ladyjanelly]

So there's this new thing in architectural drafting called Building Information Modeling.

And since architectural drafting is the part of my schooling that I"m most enjoying and feel I'm most likely to go into-- I"m sort of thinking to get in on the ground level of this new technology and see what the job prospects are.

I'm learning ArchiCAD (BIM)right now, and AutoCAD is already my bitch. I'm thinking of learning Revit (AutoDesk's BIM product) and adding it to my harem and starting my job search now.

Part of my desire for school is to say I have a degree and stop feeling insecure about my education. But the reason I"m going for Interior Design is to have something useful for having a job and even most drafting jobs want a degree.

But right now the recruiters are like "Do you know REVIT?" and not caring about anything else at all and there might be potentially awesome jobs out there. (45-55K/yr)

So I"m thinking I'll study Revit on my own time and finish out the semester and put out some resumes during the summer?

What do y'all think?

Comments

[beckaandzac.livejournal.com]

Getting in on the technological ground floor in a field you're really interested in sounds fantastic, and as though it could be very gratifying in the long term. Real skill and job satisfaction are so much more worth it than the words on a page that make a degree. And if you really love school and want to continue, it's possible you can find a job that supports your doing that. Many companies will help pay for classes in a relevant field if they think it will make them look better in the long run to have employees with particular degrees.

Just the two cents of a new visitor in these parts. :)