Job Shadow

I had a great time at my job shadow! I spent Friday, September 28th with Alyse Zimmer from Build Urban in the Fremont area. She gave Grace and I a tour of the firm (which had a spectacular view of the water for the record), and then gave us a quick look at their most recent project plans. It was so nice to see how an interior design degree can be used in the real world! And everything they were working on I understood for the most part!
Later on they took us to pick out materials for their next project (after stopping by one of the sites they already built). We went to a place called Great Floors in Seattle and spent the rest of the day there. It was amazing to see the design process in work. Not only worrying about the color schemes, but also the price and green quality of the items. We haven't had to work with a budget yet so it was interesting to see the designers discussing everything. It was actually a very energizing atmosphere seeing people zip out of the room and back again with a million more samples to try out. I couldn't even express how much fun I had!
The most interesting part to me was to find out that Alyse was working more as an architect than a designer. I'm more interested in the architecture part personally, so it was cool to see that that option is still available to me if I graduate with an interior design degree. Her firm was so small that there was one owner, two accountants, an architect, and Alyse, the "designer." I think I'd like to work in a company like that. It was the best job shadow I could've asked for!