Discussing Architecture Communities on the Young Architect's Podcast
Summary
Stephen Drew joins Michael Riscica on the Young Architect Podcast to discuss Architecture Social, recruitment, Clubhouse, community, job searching and practical advice for architecture students and professionals.Architecture communities are useful when they do more than create noise. They help people learn, ask better questions, find opportunities and feel less isolated in a profession that can be hard to navigate alone.
Stephen Drew joins Michael Riscica on the Young Architect Podcast to discuss Architecture Social, recruitment, Clubhouse, community, job searching and practical advice for architecture students and professionals.
The conversation covers:
- How Architecture Social started and what it was trying to solve
- What recruitment looks like from Stephen's side of the desk
- Why community needs to be more useful than background noise
- How Clubhouse and online conversations shaped industry connection
- What architecture students and professionals can take from community
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Chapters
- 00:00 Introduction to the Young Architect Podcast conversation
- 04:00 Stephen Drew's route into architecture and recruitment
- 09:00 Graduating into a difficult job market
- 15:00 What recruitment looks like from the inside
- 21:00 Building Architecture Social during the pandemic
- 28:00 Clubhouse, online conversation and community
- 34:00 What community should actually do
- 40:00 Advice for aspiring architecture professionals
- 46:00 Resources, habits and lessons learned
- 50:00 Final takeaways from the conversation
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