Ah, the good old days of software engineering... When we were at Lucent / Bell Labs in the 90's, my wife and I aspired to the job title "Distinguished Member of Technical Staff."
Because who doesn't want a job title that starts with the term "Distinguished"? :-) - Paul - - - - - - - Paul Sherman E: p...@shermanux.com Tw: @pjsherman Fb: /pjsherman Flicker: pjsherman +1.512.917.1942 - - - - - - - On Feb 24, 2010, at 10:16 AM, j. eric townsend wrote: Samantha LeVan wrote: > What I have seen work well is having a path that splits after the > senior level, which works well for designers, researchers, or > generalists: > For example: > -UX Designer I, II, & III > -Sr. UX Designer > -Principal Designer (team lead, knowledge expert) or UX > Manager/Director (people management, budget, liason with execs) This is similar to the model we've been using in software engineering since at least the mid-90s. It's nice in that it gives people a chance to progress in their career (and earn more money/stock/status) without giving up their trade and becoming a manager. Member of Technical Staff 1: 0-3 years experience MTS 2: 2-6 years experience MTS 3: 3-10 years experience Manager or MTS 4: 5+ years experience Manager/Director or Architect: MTS4 + technical leadership skills Director or Principal: Architect + innovation + problem finding/solving -- 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 ________________________________________________________________ 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
