> Maybe it's to lower the salary expectations? That's my assumption.
-Anne On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 4:47 PM, j. eric townsend <j...@flatline.net> wrote: > Dave Malouf wrote: >> >> That reality is no longer true. There are a growing # of degree >> programs that include programming, visual design, and human-centered >> thinking than ever before. > > I agree that there are a lot of people fresh out of college with design > degrees that have touched Java, AJAX, Flash and the like. (I've helped with > classes where they were students, even.) And there are corresponding > entry-level job openings out there for which they are very qualified. > > However, we see plenty of listings out here that have a laundry list of > technologies *and* a list of experience requirements that nobody has > straight out of college. They clearly want a senior, experienced person > who is both an excellent designer and technologist, but they stick "2-4 > years experience" in the listing for reasons I don't exactly understand. > > Maybe it's to lower the salary expectations? > > > -- > J. E. 'jet' Townsend, IDSA > Design, Fabrication, Hacking > design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ > PGP: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Anne Hjortshoj | a...@annehj.com | www.annehj.com | Skype: anne-hj | Hjortshoj is pronounced "YORT-soy." ________________________________________________________________ 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
