What I worry about is what we saw in boom 1.0, which was a ton of unqualified people taking on the title, creating a bad reputation, then returning to cab driving when the crash comes. OTOH, I was one of those under qualified people in the first wave, so maybe I should be more generous. hee.
[Shameless plug] The job postings on jobs.boxesandarrows.com are extremely accurate. Less of them, but they are all aimed at the right demographic and thus have high relevancy. W Evans wrote: > And I would love to blame the quality of the job posting sites. There search > engines are terrible. > > Just now, I search in Washington DC.... > > Information Architect (86 results - only 3 were for IA) > > Interaction Designer (41 results, only 1 for IxD) > > Interface Designer (10 results, only one for ID) > > Some of the things that come back in results are amazing. Search for IA and > get senior java architect as a high ranked result? > > > > > On Feb 20, 2008 2:26 PM, David Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Andrei, >> >> I think you are looking at a number of different factors that are >> causing this. From my point of view, I would love to move not only to >> the Bay area, but NY or Boston where there are tons of openings. >> However, the cost of living there is so outrageously expensive, it >> doesn't pay for me to relocate (I've got a house with a reasonable >> mortgage, as well as a family to consider). It might be that many of >> the more experienced designers (like myself) see the same issues. I >> would take a huge loss of quality of life if I went. >> >> Just my 2 cents. >> >> David >> >> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Andrei Herasimchuk >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Just a quick question: Where are all the interface and software >>> designers in Silicon Valley? Has everyone just packed up and left or >>> what? I see more job listings, postings and calls for resumes and yet >>> there seem to be even fewer people to fill the jobs than ever before. >>> I used to have trouble hiring at Adobe back in the late 1990s mostly >>> due to the high experience and training requirements needed to work >>> on software at that level, but that was before there was an influx of >>> people and talent into software related products, especially from the >>> web. And yet, now it seems that there's an even bigger gap in the >>> designer to available job ratio than every before. Everyone I know is >>> having trouble filling hiring requirements. >>> >>> Is it that the job requirements needed to get hired are too high? Not >>> enough trained designers? Or is it something only happening in >>> Silicon Valley? Browse the job listings and postings everywhere from >>> companies in Silicon Valley and it seems we have a distinct lack of >>> designers ready to fill all the openings. >>> >>> Opinions? >>> >>> -- >>> Andrei Herasimchuk >>> >>> Principal, Involution Studios >>> innovating the digital world >>> >>> e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> c. +1 408 306 6422 >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________________________________ >>> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >>> To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >>> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >>> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >>> >>> >> >> -- >> "Art provokes thinking, design solves problems" >> >> w: http://www.davidshaw.info >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> >> > > > > -- Christina Wodtke Principal Instigator 415-577-2550 Business :: http://www.cucinamedia.com Magazine :: http://www.boxesandarrows.com Product :: http://www.publicsquarehq.com Personal :: http://www.eleganthack.com Book :: http://www.blueprintsfortheweb.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
