On Feb 7, 2008 4:15 PM, paintrgrl99 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When is it a good idea to go > backwards? What will the recruiters think? Should I take the word Sr. > and Lead off of my resume? Is this career suicide? Does anyone have any > advice for me? >
It's not really sideways, more like forwards in a different direction. I'm no longer a professional musician or an airplane mechanic or a software developer, so perhaps I've one of the more zig-zag career paths out there. But it's good to zig when your heart says it's time. Being over-employed is a great opportunity to save up for school. School is a great opportunity to shift directions. A directional shift is a great opportunity to enter a new profession at a different level. You may already have the seeds of your directional shift in-hand. If you review your portfolio materials and resume, perhaps you'll see the thread of your new path there. Extract and reorganize to tell your new story to your new audience. Think of your portfolio materials as a mashup or card-sorting exercise; move things around and prune judiciously until it rings true and points in the right direction. One of the partners at WRQ once said that the company didn't really have a career ladder, it was more like a career monkey-bars. In my experience, the entire modern technology world seems to work like that. Swing, let go, and catch yourself. Repeat if you need to. The experience builds strength. All the best, Michael Micheletti ________________________________________________________________ *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
