I concur that the impact will be far larger, we are still at the beginning and it's hard to tell what's going to happen, as the FED keeps attempting damage control, and this isn't like anything previous, other than the similarities in everything being interconnected. Like in 2001...many of the companies even with viable business models failed, due to all the customers retreating or blowing up.
It's very curious though. If I look to my left, I can't find skilled IA's/iXD, project managers, or programmers...demands is still high pool still small, and seemingly growing in my field (RIA's, games etc)...for example: how many jobs get posted here in a week?. If I look to my right, I have a few friends considering foreclosure as they have -60K to -100K of negative equity, and friends which are routinely 6-60K in personal debt, but not generally living exhorbantly, often just paying off college years. A risk for dedicated IA/Useability is the skills can normally be absorbed by other departments, marketing/sales, engineering, and customer service. So I'd expect that people might have to be mobile if consulting with small businesses, or expand the breadth of services or focus on niche areas. Troy. ________________________________________________________________ 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
