Job Responsibilities
Building design.
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Job Requirements
Secondary school, gymnasium/lyc??e maturity exam,
polytechnical (college) diploma - or secondary school, apprenticeship (ex -
draftsman), technical school, eventually polytechnical (college) diploma.
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Uppers
Creative, always changing, diversified, contact with people.
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Downers
Very low salary; maximum availability wanted by boss; last-
minute stress before deadline due to boss's bad organization or because the
design process never ends, you can always improve it.
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Lifestyle
Poor, irregular, depending on boss's wishes, overloaded/no work, rare jobs, if
you want to have a normal life choose another profession.
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Compensation
in Swizterland, while beginners UNI dipl get CHF 70-90,000/year:
- either "normal" salary of CHF 60-65,000/year = beginner with commercial school
diploma,
- or very low salary of CHF 33-36,000/year = waiter or simple industry worker;
- no salary, working for experience.
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Advice to Jobseekers
There are too many architects, bad image of profession, if you
want to have a normal life, choose another profession. Don't
think will change soon.
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