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The Young Architects Forum (YAF), a program of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the College of Fellows (COF), is organized to address issues of particular importance to recently licensed architects.

FAQ: What is a young architect and what is an emerging professional? Young architects are architects licensed up to ten years of initial licensure, and the name does not have any relationship to age. Emerging professionals are professionals who have completed their academic studies up to the point of licensure or up to 10 years after completion of their academic studies. Although young architects are now defined as distinct from emerging professionals, many components refer to these groups similarly. For example, a local YAF group may include emerging professionals and a local Emerging Professionals Committee may include young architects.

  • 1.  Local chapter

    Posted 03-07-2020 05:01 PM
    Some of us are pursuing the ARE. Some of us are trying to handle the overtime. What are some of your life hacks or rituals?
    And if we were attending an event with the AIA national or local events, what should be the mindset and focus to help make us better architects?

    It's Spring cleaning and I am simply seeing how I can 80/20 my life to more achievements($) and fulfillment(joy).

    Cheers,
    Charles

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    Charles Ou-Yang Assoc. AIA
    Partner
    Ball Architecture
    Irvine CA
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  • 2.  RE: Local chapter

    Posted 03-09-2020 05:27 PM
    study in groups
    set a calendar invite to study every night from 6-9pm for two weeks straight
    take a thaddaus course for structural exam
    cram the weekend before
    take the test on a monday around noon so you have all weekend to cram
    dont plan on taking an exam at 8 am because its early and you have to get to the site and it adds extra stress

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    Kelly Roeder AIA
    Project Architect
    A2H PLLC
    Oxford MS
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  • 3.  RE: Local chapter

    Posted 03-13-2020 03:40 PM
    Kelly's advice is excellent! Exactly what we did.
    Though we studied every other night or so together, and solo on opposite days.
    There used to be some great on-line forums but they got hacked last time I heard (10 + years ago), hopefully there are some online options available for helping with questions and studying.

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    Paul Richards
    Lynnwood WA
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  • 4.  RE: Local chapter

    Posted 03-10-2020 05:33 PM
    Charles,
    Always look to build a professional network. People you meet at every event may be a future co-worker or firm partner if things go well. Focus on being a reliable person that cares about what they do, and why they do it. Value yourself and your time and others will follow suit. Be hungry to learn. Ask questions. Look for ways to help the emerging professionals coming up in the industry. We tend to eat our young, or put unrealistic hurdles in front of them because someone said we should somewhere. The profession is better with more people in it, so stop putting undue burdens on people. Do the work, put in the time when you need to, but know when to balance that with knowing you can't be perfect. Be the mentor you had, or wish you'd had. Enjoy the journey, but don't forget that friends and family are more important than almost any deadline you can face. Have fun!

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    Christopher Lewis Assoc. AIA
    Ankrom Moisan Architects, Inc.
    Portland OR
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  • 5.  RE: Local chapter

    Posted 03-11-2020 05:48 PM
    Great advice

    Please excuse the shortness of this message as I am sending this from my phone. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone




  • 6.  RE: Local chapter

    Posted 03-11-2020 06:56 PM
    Well said Charles!

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    Daniel Guich, LEED AP, CDT

    S T U D I O C O N V E R G E
    San Francisco, CA
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  • 7.  RE: Local chapter

    Posted 03-15-2020 09:46 PM
    Thank you all for the feedback!

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    Charles Ou-Yang Assoc. AIA
    Partner
    Ball Architecture
    Irvine CA
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  • 8.  RE: Local chapter

    Posted 03-16-2020 07:17 PM
    For the ARE's I had a bunch of digital files at my disposal so I uploaded all of it to a cloud based storage (Dropbox, Google Drive) so I always had all of the study material at my fingertips on my phone and took any opportunity to study: lunch, commuting, after work for an hour or two.

    The other source I used was there used to be a Google+ page that was dedicated for ARE 4.0.  From my understanding NCARB didn't like the lack of control they had (i.e. maintenance, updates, etc.) so they created their own site (Link Below).  I really only used this for the vignettes as it expanded the amount of people I had to bounce options off of for each.  They also provided a section for meetup and study groups.

    One of the best mindsets to be in is to always be learning and to always set goals.  The hardest thing I feel about the profession is that so much of it, outside of school, is self motivated including getting licensed.  I feel another benefit to networking in addition to Charles comment, is that it exposes you to different causes, committee's and issues found in this profession that may guide you in a direction you had never thought.

    https://are5community.ncarb.org/hc/en-us/community/topics

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    Todd Brautigam AIA
    Principal Architect
    Selberg Associates Inc
    Lake Havasu City AZ
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