A career as an architect - Deepika Sharma - Episode 10
Note sull'episodio
Her whole family were doctors — she was expected to follow. Deepika Sharma picked up a pencil instead, and now runs D Plus Y, the boutique architecture firm she built with her husband Yogi. An unconventional career story about choosing your own path against a family script. Hear it on My First Job.
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Deepika Sharma comes from a family of doctors, but medicine was never her path — she loved sketching, and her father saw architecture as the natural professional fit. In this episode, she talks about building D Plus Y, the boutique architecture firm she runs with her husband Yogi, and what has kept her genuinely interested in architecture as a career, project after project, big and small.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN
- Why Deepika didn't follow her family's doctors-only career script, and how sketching pointed her toward architecture instead
- - How her father's early nudge toward architecture turned into a genuine, lasting career fit
- - What it's actually like running a boutique architecture firm as a husband-and-wife team
- - How she and Yogi divide and manage projects of very different scales together
- - What keeps her interested in architecture years in, and why she says she wouldn't want to do anything else
TIMESTAMPS (approximate)
00:00 — Intro: from a family of doctors to a career in architecture
03:36 — Deepika's background and why medicine was never the plan
13:17 — The turning point: sketching, her father's nudge, and choosing architecture
21:50 — Building D Plus Y as a husband-and-wife architecture practice
31:46 — Managing projects big and small — the hard part of running a boutique firm
41:28 — What keeps her interested, and advice for anyone choosing an unconventional path
45:30 — Closing thoughts
ABOUT DEEPIKA SHARMA
Co-runs D Plus Y, a boutique architecture and interiors firm, alongside her husband Yogi.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dplusy_architects/
TOPICS
unconventional career, architecture career India, creative careers India, family career expectations, career story
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