Not to be a stickler for semantics, but I don't think you can equate "lack of psychology studies" with "inability to understand, empathize and study human behavior and motivations". I'm a cartoonist (my "art background"), but it wasn't my major, Computer Science was. Similarly, I have always had a knack for looking at problems from other people's perspective, empathizing with their condition, and solving problems that make people happy. That doesn't earn me a psychology degree by any means, but I wouldn't say I have no psychology background - I'd think you need some sense of "how other people tick" to do this work, at all.
To answer your question, I seem to remember knowing more psych-degreed people when I was in tech support, than in software design. I don't actually work closely with very many designers, though. Bryan http://www.bryanminihan.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucy Buykx I too noticed the large number of graphics and arts backgrounds in the 'how did you get here thread'. But what struck me was how few (I think only one) who mentioned any psychology studies. Since most of the participants on this list I have to ask this question of the people you work with. How many of your colleagues have studied psychology? Is it considered important or are psych degrees to general to be of use? ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
