My path is somewhat similar to Nick Q from earlier in the thread. Start out as pre-med Biology major Take a psych class and think it's super interesting Switch to psych major w/ a slight focus on cognition and aging, intending to end up as a geriatric psychiatrist Work in a judgment and decision making research lab (Paradox of Choice is old news) Work in a medical/healthcare decision making lab, where I taught myself PHP and built a (pretty decent for a noob) website for the program in addition to the research work Apply to med school Get into med school Realize I am more interested in creating tools to allow people to make better decisions than practice medicine Withdraw med school acceptance on last possible day... now what Enter a master's HCI program Decide that the focus on usability evaluation is less interesting to me than design (no offense intended Jared) Take the few design-y classes offered and read designer's blogs and books voraciously Graduate Work for mental health agency designing their electronic medical record and a personal health record targeted at people with severe mental illness ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/
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