[IxDA Discuss] Means to an IxDA message? WAS: Re: Where are all the designers?

[Gary Barber]

Have people considered that the current lack of good developers in the 
market place has meant that graduates upwards have been focusing on the 
development end of the process and not the design end.

I'm often coming across fellow freelance IxDs that basically are 
retraining as developers as they can't find work in the design field but 
are seeing developers in great demand and often earning up to twice the 
pay packet.

This also comes to the issue of availability of good professional 
training for for IxDs.  In many places its just not available at all.

IxD is also often seen as the "anyone" can do that end of the 
developmental cycle.

-- 
Gary Barber
Freelance User Interaction Designer / Information Architect 

web: radharc.com.au
blog: manwithnoblog.com



Elizabeth Bacon wrote:
> There are simply more jobs than IxDs right now. We're all engaged in  
> solving interesting problems, and the world is exploding with yet  
> more possibilities.
>
> The fear I share with others is that we all face a serious  
> professional issue if unqualified folks fill IxD shoes and cause  
> industry to sour on our discipline. I'm thinking that facing outward  
> and being more direct with industry is crucial for IxDA. Leaving  
> aside the somehow too-touchy definitional question...which I believe  
> is not as out of whack as some contend... I do believe that IxDA has  
> to help us maintain standards and build out the fields of our shared  
> expertise. As a member of the board, I want to make this happen.
>
> So, what are some of the best means we (IxDA) could employ to  
> communicate the IxD message & self-definition with recruiters, HR  
> departments, education, business leaders, etc.?
>
> Cheers,
> Liz
>
>
> On Feb 21, 2008, at 2:43 PM, Brett Ingram wrote:
>
>   
>> Which brings me to the original question in this discussion thread.
>> What I haven't really seen anyone write is that the reason it is hard
>> to find designers might be because we are happily employed and not in
>> the market for a job.
>>     
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