1. Architecture is a creative field, and that keeps things exciting.
2. Your work will probably be varied and infinitely fascinating.
3. The process of becoming an architect will make you a more resilient human being.
4. Something that comes from your brain is manifested in the physical world, and people walk around in it. I mean, come on.
5. Architecture involves a uniquely balanced combination of left and right-brain thinking.
6. You get to build digital 3D models and it feels like a computer game and you get paid for it and it’s awesome.
7. At work you’ll be surrounded by other smart, dedicated, motivated, hardworking people.
8. There is tremendous variety in potential career paths.
9. Everyone uses buildings; you’re making a tangible impact on people’s lives.
10. It’s hard. But what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger (shout out to Nietzsche).