Andrei, To get back to your question, if you are still listening. 1) The market is just harshin' right now. 2) Your specific criteria of combining (I'm not arguing the merits) code & design skills in a single person/role is even harder to find. The bulk of this generation of designers is just not trained as such.
If I were you I would recruit heavily from the "interactive design" programs at art/design/technical schools and build the specifics of IxD talent you need through mentorship. There is no program concentrating on IxD or even a segment of IxD that will create the type of designer you are looking for. Basically, you're going to have to breed your own. I know you are connected with SJState, and I'm sure that you can try to hook into Art Institute and CCA as well to find the junior talent. There are more visual aestheticists technologists than there are behavioral aestheticists technologists out there. And finding all 3 in 1 person I haven't seen in a resume in a long time and I would love to have it! Oh! and if I found it, I wouldn't tell you b/c I'm hiring!!!! 3) I don't think there is anything going on in SV that isn't going on in the other hubs around the world. It might feel "worse", but everyone is struggling. Join the pity party! 4) People have keyed in on some good issues about the way we talk about ourselves and the issues around HR/IxD relationships that as an org and as a community of practice we have to do a better job with. BTW, I have been trying to settle on a definition and create firm labels for half a decade now and well, you and I just disagree. ;) -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=26170 ________________________________________________________________ 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
