One of the most painful adjustments I see in designers (and myself as well) is that when you move to a giant company and giant projects... change is often slow and the impact of your work is smaller. When you get 25 people on a design decision committee... the outcomes are often aggregate. While this can be disappointing, it is a mechanism that provides stability (read slow change).
As important as a decision to work in design or ux as opposed to product or some other area is, the decision to work in a large corporation vs a start up or an agency is critical and should be thought out carefully. Mark On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Christian Crumlish <x...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 8:23 AM, mark schraad <mschr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think there is a constructive string worth pursuing here. Many many many >> designers (ux, ixd, ai, whatever) operate within large organizations, and >> many do it with a chip on their shoulder. > > > True. You see this with editorial a lot too. You also see it with > paralegals. In fact, I think in any context in which one's job isn't the > core profession for a business you probably see this. Staff at universities, > etc. > > -x- > > -- > Christian Crumlish > > MY NEW BOOK: Designing Social Interfaces. > http://designingsocialinterfaces.com > Get It. Read It. Love It. Review it. on Amazon: > http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596154925/ > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
