Totally. I've been asked, pressured and made to take courses in development because it's not quite as easy to make a direct Microsoft Project statement on how some design matters in the end. A more usable or beautiful end result is harder to prove in a countdown of hours and money for a client project.
Damnit :-| Scott On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Gary Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have people considered that the current lack of good developers in the > market place has meant that graduates upwards have been focusing on the > development end of the process and not the design end. > > I'm often coming across fellow freelance IxDs that basically are > retraining as developers as they can't find work in the design field but > are seeing developers in great demand and often earning up to twice the > pay packet. > > This also comes to the issue of availability of good professional > training for for IxDs. In many places its just not available at all. > > IxD is also often seen as the "anyone" can do that end of the > developmental cycle. 'Life' plus 'significance' = magic. ~ Grant Morrison ________________________________________________________________ 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
