[IxDA Discuss] Am I a Unicorn?

[Sebi Tauciuc]

Dan, I wish you the best of luck!
And if you do manage to use your IxD skills to actually improve your work as
a developer, you will have my deepest respect.

I, for one, worked on a 2-month software project this summer, in an
environment like the ones described here (I was the only 'junior developer';
there were 3 other senior developers).
On the first day I was busy brainstorming and considering the best solutions
for the user, but on the second day I just forgot about it and started
coding: I had a deadline to make!

I had known this before, but I had a chance to really prove it to myself:
there is a strong conflict of interests in doing these 2 jobs, Designer and
Developer, at the same time. Personally, in those circumstances, I couldn't
manage to put my IxD knowledge to good use (although being in the skin of a
developer was a good experiment). I really hope you will be able to. You
probably have a different context and more time available.

If not, maybe you could consider moving :)

On 11/7/06, Daniel G Weese <dweese at caelumtechnology.com> wrote:
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> Yes, I am applying for programmer positions. I lack the degree and full
> time
> experience of an Interaction Designer, and there's only 1 company in town
> that I know of that uses IxD and I would rather be homeless than work
> there.
> There just isn't much IxD in Nashville.
>
> I have the development experience to get a programming job, so my focus
> was
> to find a company that needed a developer with strong UI skills. I've been
> told I will have a lot of say in the rewrite of the software, so I'm
> hoping
> I made the right choice working there. We'll see if they'll put my design
> skills to work or just be another code-as-you-go shop.
>
> Dan
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> Dan,
> I'm going to read between the lines here and assume that you were
> interviewing for a developer/programmer position. In my experience
> programmers generally don't make the best interaction architects (though
> you
> will get lucky and find a few). Also, if I wanted an interface designer, I
> would post the job as such, not for a programmer.
> Perhaps you were just responding to the wrong job postings?
> Lorne
> P.S. The proof is in the pudding: if you go to work, put in the UI effort
> and produce good output ... you will make a splash. Trust me.
> Good luck!
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