Most people hire by degree now anyway, so view it as a business decision and go for it. You'll add a fifth of your salary again and get first place in the cheese line at company parties.
--- Dan Saffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 8, 2007, at 1:01 PM, Wesley Hall wrote: > > > 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? > > These are nearly the exact reasons I went back to graduate school > after working in the field for ~8 years. Look at the core curriculum > > at any graduate design school and see if it matches what you want to > > get out of it. Ask where their graduates go to work after school. > Talk to not just professors there but also to current students and > alumni. Students and alumni will likely give you the straight dope on > > what the school actually trains you to do. > > That in mind, a school with "design thinking" and a business/strategy > > focus is probably going to give you lots of C and D. Probably less of > > A and B. > > Good luck! > > Dan > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow ________________________________________________________________ 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
