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What is best way to take? Advice needed

3 points by Dankk 10y ago

Hello, guys. I am Dan and I am trying to figure out what is the best way to take in my life and I want to your point of view. About me: I am 27 years old I have education as a building architect but the last couple of years I was interested in Startups. I have many ideas about Startups that I am sure will be successful. My knowledge is mostly based on 3d modelling, 3d visualisation, graphic design etc. I also read a lot of different books(marketing, psychology, leadership, management, etc) and I still challenge myself learning different things.Now I am trying to focus learn to code(javascript) because I feel if I do not learn it will be a mistake. What I can say is that I know a little about everything. I trying to decide which way to take: 1.Focusing on professional realisation as a building architect. Failure: -To find a job as an architect. Аttempt: - I keep trying to find a job and improve my knowledge. Ideas: - Working as an architect and continue with my profession by education. - Working to spread my vision for the future of architecture and merging with computers 2.Founding my own company for 3d visualisation. Аttempt: - I have experience of make 3d architectural visualisation. Ideas: - Founding a company based on my knowledge that I already have with perspective to evolve in the future 3d architectural visualisation | Graphic Design > VR/AR 3. Working on some of my startup ideas? Failure: - I already try a couple of time to form a team. Аttempt: - I am trying to met new people and share my ideas but founding a team or co-founder is very hard nobody has not interested if there is no money involved. Ideas: - Making a good presentation and explanation of my ideas and spread it around different VCs etc. - Share some ideas and spread it around. My goal is to make some of my ideas reality. I want to ask you guys what you think or will do in my place?

brudgers 10y ago
Random advice from the internet. 0. I am a registered architect in a US state. If you really want to be an architect in the US, finish the registration process. The process sucks for a lot of people. The end result is as valuable or as worthless as an architect license. But that is the only way to become one. 1. I won't recommend the architecture business. Some people thrive, some don't. It's a commodity industry but the only way to do the things architects can do if that's what a person really wants to do. I will say that success in building an architecture business is going to correlate with the same ability to build a team that success in building a startup does...i.e. it will be much harder to do it by yourself than with 'cofounders'. 2. 3d visualization is a commodity business. I get emails from companies around the world every day. They look pretty much like the emails that I have been receiving since the 1990's. I know people who make a living doing it. They have business relationships that allow them to do it. They have been at it for years. The best one's have all the skills that it takes to build a business and above average talent. The nature of architecture is that architects rarely have money for visualization services because clients can find an architect who will provide it 'for free' within the base fee. When an architect gets a client to pay, they will try to keep the work in house to increase revenue and reduce management requirements. A medium size firm probably has the talent to produce 3d work. The only time they will outsource is if they are swamped. That means developing many many clients to maintain a reasonable backlog. Again that's basic business just like architecture or anything else. 3. Working on a startup is going to be hard if you don't have a social network that connects to people with similar interests. That's not to say it cannot be done. The best way to meet people after getting out of school is to get a job interacting with a lot of coworkers. I'm not sure that's advice, but that's the landscape I see. If it boils down to one thing, there are much better markets than selling to architects. Good luck.
- CyberFonic 10y ago
  Great feedback on architecture business. You clarified a few things for me that I wasn't aware of.
  - brudgers 10y ago
    If you are in the US, open up an architecture magazine. Count the number of advertisements that target architects to spend their own money with the value proposition that they will increase profits by doing so (versus 'staying up to date' or networking with other architects (not clients)). That's the economics. Anyway, there's contact information in my profile if you have other questions. I can go on for hours.
- Dankk 10y ago
  Thank you for your time and mark all of these things. At the moment I am seeing the 3d visualisation as an option because I am cable of doing everything from start to end without need a team. Because at the moment I am not seeing any other variant to focus my time for achieving something that I am cable off. I do not want to stuck with 3d visualisation mostly I want to start from somewhere and trying to learn and from doing some project after that to continue evolving to something. If am polished my 3d visualisation and presentation skill I will be more cable of selling my ideas because at the moment winning the client is happened with good selling/presentation skills and well presented 3d visualisation. "...selling to architects." I am just trying to start from somewhere because at the moment time is passing and I am just jumping from one project to another. If keep doing that I will get older and older with any experience even if I start something and I fail will be better than that keep changing the project that I am working. One of my other startup ideas is about building construction management and establish the time of finishing the project and optimising the time of finishing the project. One of my disadvantages is that my education is not from well know the university and my fluency of English speaking is still very poor but I will found the way to improve it. I am not complaining I just sharing with you.
  - brudgers 10y ago
    Part of doing 'everything from start to finish' is identifying leads, qualifying prospects, closing sales, negotiating contracts, collecting fees, and maintaining client relationships. This is why it is harder to start a company on one's own than with others. I am curious where you are located.
CyberFonic 10y ago
I assume from your writing that English is not your native language. It would help if you mentioned where you are living and working as opportunities vary greatly around the world. If you are living in an English speaking part of the world, then you might want to improve your language skills. Good communication is critical in almost all ventures. Are you a qualified architect? If so, are you no longer enjoying your profession? You seem to imply that you are having trouble finding work as an architect, why is that? 3D visualisations, especially in architecture, is a much in demand skill. Of course, your tooling needs to integrate with AutoCAD, RevIT, etc. Recently I tested VR headset for walkthroughs - very impressive when done well. On a technical note, JavaScript is not a particularly good first programming language to learn. It is difficult to debug stuff and you can easily develop some bad habits. Have you looked at Python? There are a lot of good tutorials and examples out there. So what exactly are your ideas for a startup? You seem to be rather vague on that part of your question. Sorry about so many questions, but it is hard to offer help when you are not specific with your questions.
- Dankk 10y ago
  Yes, I am not a native English speaker but I am trying to improve it.I do everything to improve my English but without successes.At the moment I am living in London. I think that one of the reasons I don't have successes is my English. Yes, I am qualified architect but from not prestige university and with no much professional background. Let's said that in the UK my master degree is equal almost to nothing. Probably finding a job as an architect is my lack of fluent English speaking and some luck. Yes, I am thinking that 3D visualisations will be continued to evolve and grow that's why one of my choices specialise in this area. I start with Python I pass few courses but I do not found Python for so useful at the moment although the Python is one of the most popular language in 3d modelling software. Why I chose Javascript because at the moment I think that if I know some Javascript(MEAN stack, Ionic and etc) I will be cable of creating anything. For example, I can build any mobile app, desktop app and with libraries like Babylonjs, I can create 3d models with walkthroughs and VR. On of my ideas for startup that is related to the 3d modelling it is as follows: Everyone had been in a historical place. An example: you stay somewhere and the guide explaining to everyone how there was something (castle, wall, great battle etc) and most of the time you are trying to imagine everything that he is explaining. The Startup will be for an app that will be for VR/AR recreation of historical event or environment. In other words, this is a VR/AR application for historical experience. And also all of my other startup ideas can be achieved with a good knowledge of javascript and some open source project even in a prototype version.That why I am trying to have some good javascript knowledge.
jwilliams 10y ago
Take a look at the Design Your Life book: http://designingyour.life/the-book/ http://designingyour.life/the-book/ - It applies design thinking to problems like this. Without knowing you I'm going to make assumptions - but appears you're being quite binary about this decision. There are ways you can investigate these options in some depth (design thinking) and see what you connect with.
- Dankk 10y ago
  For sure I will take a look at this book. Thank you, JWilliams!

3 points by Dankk 10y ago

brudgers 10y ago

Random advice from the internet. 0. I am a registered architect in a US state. If you really want to be an architect in the US, finish the registration process. The process sucks for a lot of people. The end result is as valuable or as worthless as an architect license. But that is the only way to become one. 1. I won't recommend the architecture business. Some people thrive, some don't. It's a commodity industry but the only way to do the things architects can do if that's what a person really wants to do. I will say that success in building an architecture business is going to correlate with the same ability to build a team that success in building a startup does...i.e. it will be much harder to do it by yourself than with 'cofounders'. 2. 3d visualization is a commodity business. I get emails from companies around the world every day. They look pretty much like the emails that I have been receiving since the 1990's. I know people who make a living doing it. They have business relationships that allow them to do it. They have been at it for years. The best one's have all the skills that it takes to build a business and above average talent. The nature of architecture is that architects rarely have money for visualization services because clients can find an architect who will provide it 'for free' within the base fee. When an architect gets a client to pay, they will try to keep the work in house to increase revenue and reduce management requirements. A medium size firm probably has the talent to produce 3d work. The only time they will outsource is if they are swamped. That means developing many many clients to maintain a reasonable backlog. Again that's basic business just like architecture or anything else. 3. Working on a startup is going to be hard if you don't have a social network that connects to people with similar interests. That's not to say it cannot be done. The best way to meet people after getting out of school is to get a job interacting with a lot of coworkers. I'm not sure that's advice, but that's the landscape I see. If it boils down to one thing, there are much better markets than selling to architects. Good luck.

CyberFonic 10y ago
Great feedback on architecture business. You clarified a few things for me that I wasn't aware of.
- brudgers 10y ago
  If you are in the US, open up an architecture magazine. Count the number of advertisements that target architects to spend their own money with the value proposition that they will increase profits by doing so (versus 'staying up to date' or networking with other architects (not clients)). That's the economics. Anyway, there's contact information in my profile if you have other questions. I can go on for hours.
Dankk 10y ago
Thank you for your time and mark all of these things. At the moment I am seeing the 3d visualisation as an option because I am cable of doing everything from start to end without need a team. Because at the moment I am not seeing any other variant to focus my time for achieving something that I am cable off. I do not want to stuck with 3d visualisation mostly I want to start from somewhere and trying to learn and from doing some project after that to continue evolving to something. If am polished my 3d visualisation and presentation skill I will be more cable of selling my ideas because at the moment winning the client is happened with good selling/presentation skills and well presented 3d visualisation. "...selling to architects." I am just trying to start from somewhere because at the moment time is passing and I am just jumping from one project to another. If keep doing that I will get older and older with any experience even if I start something and I fail will be better than that keep changing the project that I am working. One of my other startup ideas is about building construction management and establish the time of finishing the project and optimising the time of finishing the project. One of my disadvantages is that my education is not from well know the university and my fluency of English speaking is still very poor but I will found the way to improve it. I am not complaining I just sharing with you.
- brudgers 10y ago
  Part of doing 'everything from start to finish' is identifying leads, qualifying prospects, closing sales, negotiating contracts, collecting fees, and maintaining client relationships. This is why it is harder to start a company on one's own than with others. I am curious where you are located.

CyberFonic 10y ago

I assume from your writing that English is not your native language. It would help if you mentioned where you are living and working as opportunities vary greatly around the world. If you are living in an English speaking part of the world, then you might want to improve your language skills. Good communication is critical in almost all ventures. Are you a qualified architect? If so, are you no longer enjoying your profession? You seem to imply that you are having trouble finding work as an architect, why is that? 3D visualisations, especially in architecture, is a much in demand skill. Of course, your tooling needs to integrate with AutoCAD, RevIT, etc. Recently I tested VR headset for walkthroughs - very impressive when done well. On a technical note, JavaScript is not a particularly good first programming language to learn. It is difficult to debug stuff and you can easily develop some bad habits. Have you looked at Python? There are a lot of good tutorials and examples out there. So what exactly are your ideas for a startup? You seem to be rather vague on that part of your question. Sorry about so many questions, but it is hard to offer help when you are not specific with your questions.

Dankk 10y ago
Yes, I am not a native English speaker but I am trying to improve it.I do everything to improve my English but without successes.At the moment I am living in London. I think that one of the reasons I don't have successes is my English. Yes, I am qualified architect but from not prestige university and with no much professional background. Let's said that in the UK my master degree is equal almost to nothing. Probably finding a job as an architect is my lack of fluent English speaking and some luck. Yes, I am thinking that 3D visualisations will be continued to evolve and grow that's why one of my choices specialise in this area. I start with Python I pass few courses but I do not found Python for so useful at the moment although the Python is one of the most popular language in 3d modelling software. Why I chose Javascript because at the moment I think that if I know some Javascript(MEAN stack, Ionic and etc) I will be cable of creating anything. For example, I can build any mobile app, desktop app and with libraries like Babylonjs, I can create 3d models with walkthroughs and VR. On of my ideas for startup that is related to the 3d modelling it is as follows: Everyone had been in a historical place. An example: you stay somewhere and the guide explaining to everyone how there was something (castle, wall, great battle etc) and most of the time you are trying to imagine everything that he is explaining. The Startup will be for an app that will be for VR/AR recreation of historical event or environment. In other words, this is a VR/AR application for historical experience. And also all of my other startup ideas can be achieved with a good knowledge of javascript and some open source project even in a prototype version.That why I am trying to have some good javascript knowledge.

jwilliams 10y ago

Take a look at the Design Your Life book: http://designingyour.life/the-book/ http://designingyour.life/the-book/ - It applies design thinking to problems like this. Without knowing you I'm going to make assumptions - but appears you're being quite binary about this decision. There are ways you can investigate these options in some depth (design thinking) and see what you connect with.

Dankk 10y ago
For sure I will take a look at this book. Thank you, JWilliams!