[IxDA Discuss] Old guard vs new guard designers

[Nancy Broden]

Speaking as an "old guard designer", if I were to go back to school  
at this point in my career it would be an MBA. The skills I need  
aren't so much design-related as business-related at this point.

Nancy Broden
nancy.broden at gmail.com

On May 7, 2007, at 11:00 AM, Dan Saffer wrote:

> I think this is probably true and would mirror the progression of
> other disciplines like industrial design. Right now, many interaction
> designers either have experience or training. In the near future (and
> even now), companies are going to be looking for both. Which is why,
> I think, you see many more "varied background" designers going back
> and getting their master's degrees through programs like ID's Master
> of Design Methods program:
>
> <http://www.id.iit.edu/grad/mdm.html>
>
> Dan