Here's Don Norman's take on the topic: http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/to_school_or_not_to.html
Mike On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Jonathan Abbett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a CS degree, a family, and roughly the same amount of experience, > mostly in UI implementation (with ad hoc design) rather than hardcore IxD. > I do a lot of reading, and I'm subjecting my coworkers to a design process > as I flesh it out and test it. I took a look at the Cooper IxD Practicum, > and it sounds like a more concentrated way to get a bit of formal training. > Anyone with Cooper training experiences to share? > > -Jon > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Adam Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Fred, I'm in almost the exact same situation, I've got 7 years of > > experience under my belt, and the thought of uprooting my family and > > leaving my job, just doesn't seem practical. > > > > Combine that though with the fact that my Bachelors is actually in > > CompSci and not design and you'll start to see why I started the > > thread. I'm worried that without something in my educational > > background to point to, I may actually end up stuck working for the > > same company (not a design company, I'm an in house resource) until > > god-knows-when... > > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Posted from the new ixda.org > > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30391 > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
