Your right Robert - I was so F*&^ing pissed about the use of the term "Specialist" that I skipped over that. As I said before - in many agency/consulting environments - Specialist means something very specific - that is 1-4 years at the most in experience - and no masters degree with a median salary of around 58-68K....I can just imagine another crop of kids getting out of undergrad like they did back in 1999 with that crazy chip on their shoulder and a sense of entitlement thinking that i they are worth a starting salary of 65k - for no experience whatsoever... I can just see the nightmare coming again <whine>"But US News said I deserve a median salary of 98K"</whine> -
"Yeah Kid - and the Tooth Fairy is real and married to Santa Claus. Here's a quarter - go buy a clue." To get into the 90s - you best be fantastic - with over 8 years experience, and a masters in HCI or a related field.... At least that's the market in Boston. On 12/27/07, Robert Hoekman, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm most interested in these two points: > > 1) They said a Usability Specialist does design work. After that > discussion > last week, I'm surprised no one jumped on this. > > 2) They said the median salary is over $98,000. I don't remember any > salary > survey saying the median was anywhere near this high. Did I miss > something? > > I have other issues with the description, but these two I think are going > to > cause the most trouble for someone who reads this and decides to explore > the > practice as a career option. > > -r- > ________________________________________________________________ > *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 > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" ------------------------------------------------------- will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ *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
