CC: Cold Cruel Numbers

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I found this post when it exploded on Twitter last week. I believe it’s worth another look.

Thanks to Gregory Walker who shared the “cold cruel numbers” on his Archinect Blog titled mal-practice – the architecture of constructing a practice.

the cold cruel numbers for upcoming graduates

Mr. Walker shares a Washington Post story he discovered and includes the cornerstone of the article – a comparative chart indicating recent architecture graduates face an estimated 13.9% unemployment rate.

As a good journalist – or perhaps displaying an architect’s determination to mine something good from a pile of dung – Walker follows up with an opposing (somewhat more optimistic) view in his next post.

unemployment numbers, part deux…

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