[IxDA Discuss] Disillusioned Junior Designers

[Phillip Hunter]

I think Gabe's points are much more critical to hold on to than the
desperation of waiting to be picked out of the kickball team selection line.
Patience and flexibility are the keys to picking your employee.  And, at the
very least, one should carefully pick the companies applied to.  If you are
not getting a sense through prior research or during the interview process
of how Gabe's points apply to a certain company, you are doing yourself a
grave career and personal disservice.  If you do find out, you still need to
be willing to say "no" and work towards finding the right company.  Scary?
Maybe.  Far more fulfilling?  Absolutely.

Phillip

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Gabe,
Each of your bullet items properly distinguishes good Ux environments, but 
the sum of your letter's parts presuposes that recent graduates (or most of 
us for that matter) choose our employer. For most folks, that was barely 
even the case in 2000 at the height of the 'employee's market.'

Being a US-East-Coast-er, I'm constantly impressed by the abundance of 
sophisticated Ux job posts from the Bay Area, but surely that is not an 
accurate measure of the "long tail" that comprises most of us scratching and

clawing to do Ux work.

-Jack
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From: "Gabriel White" <gabrielwhite at gmail.com>
>
> My recommendation to graduates who want work in IxD is to look for a
> company that ... 

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