Age: 63
Home: Minneapolis
Job: Partner and director of design at Station 19 [architecture firm]
Salary: around $100,000
How did you get this job?
I was working at another firm in the late '70s and early '80s and I was laid off. We go in these fluctuations of upturns and downturns in the economy. I was referred here by a friend, so I started on a per-job basis in 1982.
What do you do?
As a director of design, I do whatever is needed. If there is a marketing need, I will pitch in and go to an interview, [or] strategize on the best approach in serving the client. I'm involved as a designer in doing early conceptual thinking about projects and master planning. Most of our projects are churches. My responsibility is not to do specific drawings, but to make sure that things get done well, and that the client is happy.
