[ID Discuss] Guidance for someone interested in your field

[David Heller]

Hi Dan,

What I was alluding to is that a PM or Producer position can shift into a
more creative role, turning into a portfolio. You don't hire a producer for
their portfolio, as much as for their experience and organization skills.

Also, while you are a producer you can take on more and more of a creative
role and thus develop a portfolio.

But yes you are right, that I would need the portfolio first. I think I was
just suggesting a backdoor way to get paid to create one.

-- dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Saffer [mailto:dan at odannyboy.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 6:31 PM
To: David Heller
Cc: discuss-interactiondesigners.com at lists.interactiondesigners.com
Subject: Re: [ID Discuss] Guidance for someone interested in your field


On Apr 3, 2004, at 4:42 PM, David Heller wrote:
>
> I think about how I got here. No education and no portfolio (to counter
> Dan's 2 points).
>
> I got here through being a project manager, producer type.

Dave, you hire people for these sorts of jobs. Would you ever consider
someone without a portfolio now?

I've yet to go on a job interview for a design job where they don't
want to see one.

Dan