I'm right with you Jeff. This conversation has only reaffirmed my beliefs that I am much happier here in Pittsburgh than I could be in any of the big cities. What it really comes down to is that my personal life is much more important to me than my professional life. While I would love the opportunity to work for a company like Adaptive Path, IDEO, Cooper, etc., my desire to do so has never exceeded my desire to remain close to my family. Of course, it is a matter of degrees. I did move to Pittsburgh from West Virginia because of career-oriented opportunities (and thought at the time I was moving to the big city! ;)
Dan, I know you don't miss Pittsburgh, and I admit I envied you as I followed your blog posts covering your graduation from CMU (as I had done a few years earlier) and hire at Adaptive Path, but the comforts of owning a sizable house, a yard to play with my kids in, gardens to get dirty in, and a view looking down on the Ohio River valley far outweigh the professional benefits you have cited. I should add that I'm currently quite satisfied with my own career choices. My work isn't as sexy as a lot of what's going on in Silicon Valley, but I still have the opportunity to work for big-name companies doing interesting and challenging work. And thanks to this community, I have the opportunity to participate in the field at large. Jack Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com Charles Eames was asked the question, "What are the boundaries of design?" He answered, "What are the boundaries of problems?" - Charles Eames ________________________________________________________________ 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
