In 1973 I did my first commercial drawing...was a 2500 sq.ft solid brick house for my driving instructor [got my licence that year]. By '74 I was working in a drawing office [we built 'em too] and we built that first dwg of mine.
35 years later and I'm still drawing houses.
The sense of achievement when you see one in the flesh [built] is still the same....but the utter bullshit you have to go through with Councils, etc got very old very fast. Over the years I probably have been instrumental in removing about a half-dozen from their employment...because they were somewhere between incompetent and arsehole.
I also have broken up several fisticuffs between builders, tradesmen and Inspectors....one 'brave' one was getting between the builder [about my size] and the Inspector [a Tongan probably my size laying down]....
If I never did another drawing I'd miss the creative challenge....but if I never had to deal with another regulatory body [eg. Council planner] I'd be a happy chappie.
As with ALL careers Architecture has its darkside...
