-: Pick up as many skills as you can,
whether it's whatever the latest
sort of programs or technologies are.
It's great to come into a practice
and have some skills that maybe other people don't have
just because it's a newer technology, whatever it is.
It gives you a sense of value.
The other thing that I would say is,
and something that for me personally was really huge,
is to have professional experience early.
So, get an internship or multiple
because regardless of how technology is changing
or what specificity within architecture you're practicing,
at the end of the day, what we produce
is a set of drawings and that really hasn't changed,
at least the basics of what goes into a set of drawings.
Whether it was something that was hand drawn 50 years ago,
or was draw by CAD is or now produced by 3D modeling,
the basics of what goes into a set of drawings
are still the same
and if you have that knowledge and understanding
of why that needs to be there and why it's important,
that's incredibly valuable to an employer.
Initially, do whatever you need to do
to get someone to allow you to step into their practice
and then, keep doing that or, you know,
get other professional experience
because when you do graduate and you're looking for a job,
I really believe that having previous experience
in the professional environment is totally invaluable.