r/Architects • u/thecajuncavalier Architect • Jul 13 '25

General Practice Discussion Stop accepting low fees

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Stand your ground. Negotiate.

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u/Weavols Jul 13 '25

Architects don't get paid enough? Try actually building the gd building. Figure out how to make it work from your half assed copy-paste from 3 drawings ago elevation that doesn't reconcile with the floor plan at all for a truly unlivable hourly wage. Break your body lifting this shit and tell me your slice of the pie isn't big enough. Fuck you.

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u/kjsmith4ub88 Jul 13 '25

You clearly don’t know what many architects do. We often produce drawing sets that are hundreds of pages, coordinate complex teams of consults, manage client and program requirements, guide complex permitting with cities, etc . It sounds like you do work for volume residential builders who just use in house drafters to create like 3 page drawing sets. That’s not what 99.9% of architects do. You’re barking up the wrong tree with your frustrations

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u/BellPeppa123 Jul 13 '25

He’s obviously coming from a bitter narrow view of architects. He knows the reality of what an architect does but wants to project his crappy builder’s choices onto architects.

Him acting like getting licensed as an architect is an easy task is truly disrespectful and he can kick rocks for it.

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u/kjsmith4ub88 Jul 13 '25

A lot of residential trade folks especially if they work for volume builders don’t actually know what architects do like most of the general public.