Hi,
Ah, nostalgia. :) My first job on the field was not even called
anything like design/HCI. It was 10 years ago, very accurately at
that, and I was in a developer position to design and program
auditorium control systems. These touch-screen things you all must
know and which never work as they should (Crestron, AMX, Cue and alike).
It was for a small retailer, though, where I was the sole responsible
for the systems I made (they later on had others to scale up).
Everybody thought it more of an engineering job, but it was really the
whole package. It was also very much on shoe-string budget at times.
I did that to fund my studies, and it was fun while it lasted (Toyota
Motors, Accenture, Finnish Defence Forces, etc.). There certainly was
a lot to be hoped for too, especially when it came to established
processing (none), but I think what was most beneficial was that it
was so chaotic at times. You were able, and had to, experiment on your
own and got to see various approaches and outcomes, some of which
worked better than others. Additionally you got direct customer
feedback from the actual users of the system and had to iterate and
fix your things within the technical boundaries that were there. It
also taught to speak and co-operate with others who built the wirings
and designed electronics to support non-standard stuff.
Oh, those were the times indeed. :)
-Janne Kaasalainen
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