I'm a terrible blogger

Ok, ok.  so i've not been using this blog like I had hoped I would.  well, I'm going to try and change that.  Maybe all of my readers (all one of you) will be happy.  Now let me get on my soapbox for a moment.

Is it me, or are architects our own worst enemy?  We viciously fight and undercut each other to get jobs.  We disparage other companies that are "inferior" to ours.  We've even blackballed employees just because of disagreements (Note: I've personally done none of these, but have seen it).  Why can't we work together?  We're all wanting the same thing, right?  Money!!!  Just kidding.  We all want to deisgn great things.  We want to put our stamp on the world whether its a huge condo or a small, interior renovation to an ice cream shop.  We all want to make this place better through building.

Something else that irks me.  I've been searching for a full time job back in architecture for a while now (yeah economy!).  It seems like most other professions have some sort of specialized job searching engine/site, etc. that works for them.  In architecture, we've got so many different places that it'll make your head spin.  To top it off, some of the more general job search sites do not fully "police" the posting and now there are postings for information and systems architects mixed in with design architecture.  I seem to remember way back in my professional practice class in college that technically, it's illegal for one to call himself an architect, unless he is registered.  Why can't we apply that same idea to the computer/IT world.  Now, I'm not hating on the IT world, heck I play an IT guy on TV sometimes (actually, I've been a system admin for a couple of firms).  So lets get the to do something and either help centralize the architecture/building/design job postings or politely ask the computer infrastructure world to think about changing their terminology from architecture to something else.
 
(Steps down from soapbox) Ok I'm done ranting for now.  hopefully, this post will increase my readership to more than just me, my mom, and my dog (yeah, my wife won't even read this).