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Moved

The architemps experiment is over. I didn't really experience it the way it was meant to be experienced, i suppose. during 7 months with the agency, i spent 7 months with 1 firm, and 1 day at an interior design firm. Architemps really consider themselves better at providing 'emergency' staffing, which is what i did at the interior design firm. they don't bill themselves as a staffing agency, which is fair enough. it's not their goal. nonetheless, they are a staffing agency, and they do charge a fee to firms looking to hire their temps.

Which is the position i found myself in. I'm really good at making pretty pictures, and making them fast. The firm i started at was quickly seduced, and kept me on for 3 more projects (and 6 months) after the one they were looking to staff for. The problem comes in because architecture is seasonal. so come January, small firms dry up, and either pay late (K2), downsize, or take on speculative work. This time around, it was option 2. I was moved down to part time, along with a couple other people. Really, this is the problem Architemps is trying to solve. It seems that architecture firms are just too interested in the young talent to treat them as commodities.

So, while i was working part time, i started shopping around, and found a job working from home for the remaining hours of the week, for a firm too small yet to have enough of an office for me to work in. As of last weekend, they've now moved into a new office that has room for me:

(compare to previous versions). Since i'm the only architectural employee so far, I have 4 desks, which makes my area bigger than either of the partners' So far the workload has been considerable, hence the lack of posting. (you can also blame my procrastination while working from home).