[IxDA Discuss] about this list (not in FAQ)

[Julie Stanford]

A long time ago when I graduated from college (1998) I decided that I wanted
to get an interaction design job in Europe and so I contacted Philips in the
Netherlands, Sony Paris, and IDEO UK directly and ended up getting
interviews and a few job offers. At the time, interaction design was not as
well known as it is now but yet there were clearly jobs to be had if you
contacted companies directly by searching on the web for the right people to
get in touch with. I suspect that now there are even more opportunties if
you just do some poking. I bet under the covers the market is red hot.

As an aside, due to personal reasons I did not end up accepting any job
offers to go overseas and stayed in California...but it sure would have been
fun...

Julie

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Julie Stanford
Principal, Sliced Bread Design | www.slicedbreaddesign.com
650-799-7225
 

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> Hi All,
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> Why are there so many job offerings in the USA (a lot of them 
> for senior interaction designers). I haven't yet seen one in 
> the neighbourhood of Germany or Belgium, or The Netherlands. 
> I know there are some Dutch people on this list, so can 
> someone explain me why this is the case? Is our profession 
> more mature there, is it just a bigger population or is it just me ;-)
> 
> Simon
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