HELP! Get Me Out of Architecture, feat. Jake Rudin and Erin Pellegrino
Summary
Stephen Drew speaks with Jake Rudin and Erin Pellegrino of Out of Architecture about leaving architecture, transferable skills, career consulting, architecture education, moving into other industries and how to use design training beyond practice.Leaving architecture does not mean throwing away your education. The harder part is learning how to translate the value of that training into another field.
Stephen Drew speaks with Jake Rudin and Erin Pellegrino of Out of Architecture about leaving architecture, transferable skills, career consulting, architecture education, moving into other industries and how to use design training beyond practice.
The conversation covers:
- How architecture skills can transfer into other industries
- Why career change starts with translating your experience
- What Out of Architecture helps people understand about their training
- How to build confidence when leaving traditional practice
- How candidates can test alternative routes before making a jump
Read the episode on Architecture Social: Out of Architecture with Jake Rudin and Erin Pellegrino
Watch the video on YouTube: HELP! Get Me Out of Architecture
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Chapters
- 00:00 Introduction to getting out of architecture
- 05:00 Can architecture skills transfer to other industries?
- 10:00 Out of Architecture and career consulting
- 15:00 Jake Rudin, computational design and digital technology
- 20:00 Erin Pellegrino and using architecture education differently
- 25:00 What people underestimate about their training
- 30:00 Where to begin when changing profession
- 35:00 Building a story around transferable skills
- 40:00 Confidence, identity and leaving traditional practice
- 45:00 How to test alternative career options
- 50:00 Practical advice for architecture professionals
- 55:00 Final questions and career change takeaways
- 01:00 Closing thoughts on working beyond architecture
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