Re: [IxDA Discuss] Cramming what we do into a few hours

2008-01-05 Thread Desiree McCrorey
to produce those great products reaped lots of money, improved their reputation and businesses. As managers, they'd probably like to hear a couple of those tales. Once you feel they're putty in your hands, they digest the details of how you need to integrate your methods and tasks into th

[IxDA Discuss] Glass ceilings [was: US News thinks we have potential!]

2007-12-28 Thread Desiree McCrorey
I think there comes a point where management positions can appear more appealing because the level of effectiveness over the product usability/quality/etc. could be greater than what could be done in an IC position. At least that's what I keep telling

[IxDA Discuss] Advanced Ed [was: US News thinks we have potential!]

2007-12-28 Thread Desiree McCrorey
lly gain from getting a Masters or PhD. desiree Desiree McCrorey UI Architect/Web Producer www.healthline.com desiredcreations.com Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mob

Re: [IxDA Discuss] US News thinks we have potential!

2007-12-27 Thread Desiree McCrorey
ect places like Silicon Valley UE salaries may be responsible for skewing things a bit. There's probably a fairly high ratio of them getting paid better than the average bear elsewhere. salary.com has some interesting figures for the "Interface Designers - Web" family. desiree Desi

Re: [IxDA Discuss] OLPC: Sugar Not So Sweet?

2007-12-26 Thread Desiree McCrorey
get audience is almost a different species! :D (well they seem that way to me sometimes) desiree Desiree McCrorey UI Architect/Web Producer www.healthline.com desiredcreations.com _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] US News thinks we have potential!

2007-12-24 Thread Desiree McCrorey
such thing as bad publicity, right? :D Next thought: what other careers in that list can I get into? So I checked out the 'Ahead of the Curve' list and found that I can also consider myself a Health Information Systems Analyst since I've specialized in designing healthcare produc

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Must we be Leonardo de Vinci?

2007-12-24 Thread Desiree McCrorey
laboratively, the product ends up, at best, software functional - a level that most software/web products seem to have achieved. desiree Desiree McCrorey UI Architect/Web Producer www.healthline.com des

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Must we be Leonardo da Vinci?

2007-12-20 Thread Desiree McCrorey
from a long list of options. A curse because so do companies and recruiters. A curse because after all these years, we still struggle with what to call ourselves and how to define that title. desiree mccrorey Desiree McCrorey UI Architect/Web Producer www.healthline.com desiredcreations.com