Tyler, a 23-year-old recent construction-management graduate, has been working as a project coordinator on a commercial construction site for less than two months. He is quickly discovering that a job site rarely follows the day’s plan in a neat sequence.

Sofia, a 22-year-old interior architecture student, is spending her final year working part-time as an intern at a design firm. The internship is changing what she thinks it means to make a good design decision.