Hi Ali, I'll go ahead and bite. :-) I did a stint as a Technical Writer, and feel that gave me great experience for where I am now (senior interaction designer). There actually is quite a bit of creativity in that role, definitely more than a tester position. While the tester position would give you some insight into where the users had issues, with where you want to go I would say you're better off going the writer route. You'll learn much more about the design process.
Either way, get your feet wet and get some experience! Best, David On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 2:05 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello members, > I recently graduated in user centered design and have been to a few job > interviews. It is almost impossible to get a job as a user experience > designer, interaction designer or a usability consultant since many of the > corporations here wants to hire someone with several years of experience. > NOKIA has promised me a job as a User Interface Designer since I wrote my > thesis with them, but that position is still not open. Whenever they have > an open position they will contact me, and this can take up to several > months. > > I now have the option between choosing a technical writer position or a > technical tester position. Both positions contain cooperating with a user > experience group but does not allow me to be `creative`. As a technical > writer you are given a document and you need to ensure that the > documentation is user friendly. In the technical tester position you test > a software using a test programme. (usability) > > My aim is to work as an interaction designer or user experience analyst in > the future and therefore I would like to know what position of these two > would be wise to choose? As a recent graduate I dont have the real > corporate culture experience. So if any of you experienced veterans could > give me some advice I would be delighted. > > Thanks > > Ali > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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
