And I would love to blame the quality of the job posting sites. There search engines are terrible.
Just now, I search in Washington DC.... Information Architect (86 results - only 3 were for IA) Interaction Designer (41 results, only 1 for IxD) Interface Designer (10 results, only one for ID) Some of the things that come back in results are amazing. Search for IA and get senior java architect as a high ranked result? On Feb 20, 2008 2:26 PM, David Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- ~ will "No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it." Alan Cooper - "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" ------------------------------------------------------- will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ 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
