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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 6238166" data-attributes="member: 70"><p>I ended up doing a split major with Creative Writing and Stagecraft. I couldn't write analytic papers worth anything, but I can tell a story. My father was (and is) a carpenter, so working in the Scene Shop was a familiar environment and a nice break from writing papers. Three years later, I didn't have enough credits in either to graduate, so they called it a split major.</p><p></p><p>And then I went home, worked in retail for a year, and went to work for my dad in construction. Built houses for about twelve years, then decided to go back to school and study landscape architecture (it was a tossup between that and city/regional planning). Did that for two years, took a year off and worked for a custom design, community-build playground company, which was incredible, and went back for another year and a half to finish my MLA.</p><p></p><p>At the moment I'm unemployed. There are a lot of things that tie into this, but it's mostly by choice, at least for a few more months. I've built two treehouses for clients, and preferentially will find something that involves building play structures & treehouses, and/or playground work. I like the mix of indoor & outdoor work, the scale of the work (a lot smaller and less intrusive than someone's house), and the variety. I've got design (MLA), construction (12 years+ carpentry/construction), and management/supervision experience (including a lot of volunteer stuff, including HS theatre, Habitat for Humanity, and playgrounds), but what I love the best is the trouble-shooting and problem-solving aspects: I can think fast and outside the box, and decisions don't scare me.</p><p></p><p>It's not wholly clear where I go from here. I'm not well-suited to self-employment. I've done it, and generally I hate it. There are firms in the area that I'd love to work for, but they're not in hiring phases right now, or are undergoing changes that I'm wary of. I'm leery of being stuck in an office. Staying where we are is not ideal, but moving has its own issues. Some kind of self-employment might end up being the best choice for now, at least long enough to drive up my portfolio a bit. I'm also looking at the "tiny houses" movement; again a nice size/scale and a lot of creative challenges.</p><p></p><p>So, yeah, if anyone here wants a treehouse or playhouse for their kids, or a wee little house for themselves....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 6238166, member: 70"] I ended up doing a split major with Creative Writing and Stagecraft. I couldn't write analytic papers worth anything, but I can tell a story. My father was (and is) a carpenter, so working in the Scene Shop was a familiar environment and a nice break from writing papers. Three years later, I didn't have enough credits in either to graduate, so they called it a split major. And then I went home, worked in retail for a year, and went to work for my dad in construction. Built houses for about twelve years, then decided to go back to school and study landscape architecture (it was a tossup between that and city/regional planning). Did that for two years, took a year off and worked for a custom design, community-build playground company, which was incredible, and went back for another year and a half to finish my MLA. At the moment I'm unemployed. There are a lot of things that tie into this, but it's mostly by choice, at least for a few more months. I've built two treehouses for clients, and preferentially will find something that involves building play structures & treehouses, and/or playground work. I like the mix of indoor & outdoor work, the scale of the work (a lot smaller and less intrusive than someone's house), and the variety. I've got design (MLA), construction (12 years+ carpentry/construction), and management/supervision experience (including a lot of volunteer stuff, including HS theatre, Habitat for Humanity, and playgrounds), but what I love the best is the trouble-shooting and problem-solving aspects: I can think fast and outside the box, and decisions don't scare me. It's not wholly clear where I go from here. I'm not well-suited to self-employment. I've done it, and generally I hate it. There are firms in the area that I'd love to work for, but they're not in hiring phases right now, or are undergoing changes that I'm wary of. I'm leery of being stuck in an office. Staying where we are is not ideal, but moving has its own issues. Some kind of self-employment might end up being the best choice for now, at least long enough to drive up my portfolio a bit. I'm also looking at the "tiny houses" movement; again a nice size/scale and a lot of creative challenges. So, yeah, if anyone here wants a treehouse or playhouse for their kids, or a wee little house for themselves.... [/QUOTE]
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