LISP Career Advice

Hey Everyone,

This is my first time posting so I hope I this is in the correct section and my question isn't too vague.

I am finishing up my my masters in architecture and graduate in May. In an effort to make myself as attractive a candidate as possible, I have

been trying to teach myself as many skills as I can and bolster my resume in any way possible.

I have done quite a bit of programming years ago, but not recently. I was wondering if teaching myself scripting and LISP in AutoCAD would be a fruitful experience. I am still not sure exactly what the benefit would be and if this would be a skill that a future employer would consider desirable .

I'm also not entirely sure how useful this will be in an architectural office setting aside from being occasionally being able to do nifty stuff.

Any advice would be awesome. Appreciate it in advance.

Welcome to CADTutor!

First, allow me to offer a preemptive congrats to the future grad!

Consider the question for a moment; writing code for an application by definition suggests that the developer have a better understanding of the application with which they work, as compared to the average user. Customization, streamlining work flows, developing new functionality that enhance the company's productivity, these are all benefits (to the company) of a CAD user's ability to code.

Now consider how this might apply to the position(s) you seek.

While I am not in the Architectural industry, I can say from personal experience that I have never encountered an Engineer, especially one with a Masters degree, that is able to use CAD or write code. They barely understand the code I write for them... "it saves you time on my project, great!" Stereotypically, those Engineers are more concerned with client relations, personnel management, project management, project budgets, and winning new projects (sales).

Before dedicating any serious time to this endeavor, perhaps it would be prudent for you to first consider how that may be applied to the position(s) you seek, with a dose of context as to what position(s) are actually available in this economy. Ideally you'd like to be well qualified for the desired position, and not overly qualified - that will just lead you into a metaphorical hole with that employer IMHO.

Hope this helps!

Welcome to CADTutor!

 

Before dedicating any serious time to this endeavor, perhaps it would be prudent for you to first consider how that may be applied to the position(s) you seek, with a dose of context as to what position(s) are actually available in this economy. Ideally you'd like to be well qualified for the desired position, and not overly qualified - that will just lead you into a metaphorical hole with that employer IMHO.

 

Hope this helps!

So true.... I second that.

Its a plus but not really an absolute advantage over other applicants when applying for a job. let just say a bonus on the part of the employer. Aced an interview and dazzled them with your other talents after they think they've seen everything you got to offer.

but thats just me