Hi all, A couple of questions to put to the readers here.
I have a degree in psych and a PhD in HCI both from good universities and want to get a steady position in this field. I've done industrial work (human factors multi-company collaboration into commercial aircraft cockpit design - assessment and some design) and commercial work (workflow apps both desktop & web-based, scientific desktop app, oil exploration app - design, assessment, development) and educational (commercial VLE - assessment). This last one was a 3 year project though it also involved research into other professional learning issues (CPD etc) which was a good learning experience. The scientific app's project lasted for about 5 months, the aircraft for about 2-3 and the rest were for a few weeks each. It's not a vast deal of work, but it's varied and I think I have learned a lot more than if I just did e-commerce webapps. Besides, I took this work because I really enjoy working in this field and want to gain as much experience as possible. But when ever I apply for a regular job, I am always told that I am too academic and am turned down for interviews. IMHO, only my degree and phd are academic (and then the phd was applied research). The rest have all been for profit-making organisations except for a participant in the aircraft project (a government organisation). What am I doing wrong? In IxD, is being seen as "too academic" a kiss of death for an applicant? If so, the only experience I can get are projects like these so what's the best way to break out and get something substantial to prove that I can do this job well? I can't afford to retrain and go back and take a masters. All the best, Bob Dickson ________________________________________________________________ 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
