Andrei, I think you are looking at a number of different factors that are causing this. From my point of view, I would love to move not only to the Bay area, but NY or Boston where there are tons of openings. However, the cost of living there is so outrageously expensive, it doesn't pay for me to relocate (I've got a house with a reasonable mortgage, as well as a family to consider). It might be that many of the more experienced designers (like myself) see the same issues. I would take a huge loss of quality of life if I went.
Just my 2 cents. David On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Andrei Herasimchuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a quick question: Where are all the interface and software > designers in Silicon Valley? Has everyone just packed up and left or > what? I see more job listings, postings and calls for resumes and yet > there seem to be even fewer people to fill the jobs than ever before. > I used to have trouble hiring at Adobe back in the late 1990s mostly > due to the high experience and training requirements needed to work > on software at that level, but that was before there was an influx of > people and talent into software related products, especially from the > web. And yet, now it seems that there's an even bigger gap in the > designer to available job ratio than every before. Everyone I know is > having trouble filling hiring requirements. > > Is it that the job requirements needed to get hired are too high? Not > enough trained designers? Or is it something only happening in > Silicon Valley? Browse the job listings and postings everywhere from > companies in Silicon Valley and it seems we have a distinct lack of > designers ready to fill all the openings. > > Opinions? > > -- > Andrei Herasimchuk > > Principal, Involution Studios > innovating the digital world > > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > c. +1 408 306 6422 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- "Art provokes thinking, design solves problems" w: http://www.davidshaw.info ________________________________________________________________ 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
