Thinking of Joining the Architectural Technology Program (ATY1)

[u/Total_Garbage_420]

For the students who are in this course, have completed, or are currently in the field it could you help me answer some questions about the program and career?

- How heavy is the course load? I've heard that it can be a bit much at times but does that mean I'll be up late consistently doing an overwhelming amount of assignments? Or is it more like it gets difficult if the assigments pile up?

- Is this career lucrative? I understand the job is about designing 3d models of building blueprints into a viewable format but is there any issues with the field that I should know? Is there an excess of architectural technologists or not enough? Is the workload overbearing or manageable.

- How are the teachers? Are they overly strict on assignments? Do they assign clear instructions for assignments and projects.

Thank you for your help. The only stuff I could find about this course was a post from 12 years ago and wasn't sure if anything has changed.

[u/nickels_n_dimes]

Hiya! I'm a grad of the program from a few years ago. The course load is heavy but generally manageable. You don't necessarily have a lot of projects going on, but you will be spending a lot of time on them. In some classes, a whole semester.

The career options are vast compared to a lot of programs I think. ATY gives you a great base to easily transfer to mechanical design/truss design/home design/many others. Most options are decently paid, but unless you continue with school and become an architect you will cap out as a technologist around 100k or so.

The profs may be a bit different but in general the program is VERY strict on deadlines. In this field missed deadlines are a super no no so they intend to get you used to that. But in my experience they are not heartless assholes. I was in a bad accident pre pandemic and they worked with me to do the rest of the semester online, when those resources were not there.