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Does luck as opposed to work ethic influence you more when becoming a successful architect?

Architecture seems to me like a highly enjoyable profession. This is what I want to become, but I also want to be nearly guaranteed at least 40k over the median income of about 60k a year. So, if you attend a top school that is not only known for its overall acedemics, but also for its architecture program in specific, get your master of architecture degree, and become a general home designing architect (not landscape) at a prestigeous firm, is making over 100k pretty much guaranteed or not? Please tell me what steps I could take to make sure I have a very good chance of making good money and being successful in this field.

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1. I don't believe i luck. So, to answer your question, work ethic.
2. Luck does not exist; you have to have the chops to be able to land the job. Nothing is guaranteed as I know architects that have gone from firm to firm, owing to the rather unsettled economic situations. You are successful in this field by addressing the needs of the client and the firm. If you focus solely on the income, you could run the risk of not being hired
3. To be a good architect i would look for things such as you said your work ethic. but i also think if you spend a few hours just sketching some interesting shapes when it comes to a design you will have a vast range of ideas which a client may be looking for which in the end good land you with a decent pay and future contracts So work ethic and creativity i suggest not luck.