While reading this thread, I couldn't help but notice a pervasive assumption: The ideal educational background for an interaction designer is a single degree (whether graduate or undergraduate) that touches upon every aspect of the profession and related fields.
Is that a realistic premise? I doubt it. It ignores the reality of a fast evolving field in which the best work is done by teams of T-shaped specialists, in a world where information acquired in a traditional university setting has an ever shorter half-life. And of course it would be a hard sell to undecided college freshmen. Imagine being asked at 18 years of age to invest 6 years of your life to stake out your career in a field that's (for all practical purposes) less than 10 years old. Sounds like a risky proposition, no? Dmitry On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Jeff Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow, this is starting to seem like a really hard sell to undecided > college freshmen... > > // jeff ________________________________________________________________ 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
