For me it was awesome. I went back and did an MBA and a masters in design in my forties. It was like a huge shot of adrenaline to an already passionate design professional. I have absolutely no regrets.
Mark On Oct 8, 2007, at 9:01 AM, Wesley Hall wrote: > A pragmatic question. Hopefully it will help some other lurkers on > this board :) > > If you're an "old guard" designer with 10 years experience but no > formal design training, is it worth it to attend d.school? > > I'm confident in my "design thinking" at this point. > > But I'd like to: > A. Brush up on core design visual design skills > B. Play with technologies I don't have to design for in my job > C. Interact collaboratively with lots of bright folks who don't work > for my company > D. Get a graduate degree so that I stay competitive in my field > > Is that a match of d.school or not? > > I live in SF. I keep debating whether it'd be worth it to attend > Stanford's program. I'm also curious about Berkeley's iSchool, > though I never hear anyone mention it. > > We've hired a couple of CMU grads (from the Master's program) and > they keep telling me I already know most of the stuff they were > taught in school :) That's nice to hear, but I'm curious what > others think. > > -Wesley > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=21093 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
