What is it really like to be a young architect in India today?

In EP 138 of The CODE – India’s No.1 Construction Podcast, we bring together three young architects at three different stages of their careers—a fresh graduate, a mid-career professional, and someone with a decade of experience—for a fun, honest, and unfiltered conversation about life inside the architecture profession.

This episode moves beyond portfolios, awards, and social media highlights to explore the real struggles young architects and interior designers face in India. From first salaries and long site hours to gender bias, self-doubt, pressure, and the gap between design education and professional reality—this conversation captures what the profession actually feels like on the ground.

We talk about:

• The everyday struggles of young architects and designers

• Gender bias and site realities in Indian practice

• Bitter-sweet stories from early and mid-career life

• How architecture education helps—and where it fails

• Pressure from family, society, and social media

• What young architects do better than previous generations

• Where seniors got it right

• Fears, uncertainties, and why they still choose to stay

Despite touching tough topics, the episode remains light, fun, and deeply relatable, filled with laughter, honesty, and moments that will stay with you.

If you’re an architecture student, a young architect, an interior designer, or someone curious about the future of Indian architecture—this episode is for you.

🎙️ Listen till the end for raw, honest advice every aspiring architect needs to hear.