Graduate education is really such a personal decision. I think Dan and Eva outlined all the great reasons there can be for doing it. Then there is just taking that time to explore things for yourself. Doing a thesis at a program like ITP or an ID masters can be quite a cathartic and well self fulfilling task that ends up nurturing your soul.
I have struggled for years with the "to go or not to go" mostly b/c I've followed the careers of people like Dan with an air of jealous. To me I've always had to face the cost:benefit:ego fulfillment ratios with a lot of due diligence. Now that I have a family it is even more difficult, though I feel the pull towards post-graduate work, as I balance my career between worker bee and thought leader/manager. I don't think a grad degree is necessary, but it definitely will have benefits for those who can take advantage of them and lateral benefits are pretty powerful right now as design careers really have a pretty thick glass ceiling. I mean there are only so many Ive, Behars, etc. out there. And well NONE in interaction. ;) -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=23918 ________________________________________________________________ *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
