Well thank you very much everybody for the useful replies. It's obvious looking back, but no, I did not have a portfolio. Since then, I've been burning the midnight oil and put one up with what work I could (in between changing the nappies of my new daughter Louise and feeding her - she was born only a few weeks ago!). It certainly makes me feel more confident that I can show my work visually and though it's brief, it's something. Uday - I liked your article: Doing this job is like walking a knife-edge with science and data on one side and art and beauty on the other.
The "too academic" criticism was surprising to me because I am primarily an artistic person but re-reading my resume I can see where it comes from. I always enjoyed drawing, painting, music and photography when I was growing up, but fell into science as a way of getting discipline and understanding. Art is not enough to really understand people; and science cannot usefully recognise beauty. I guess there is a little bias against PhDs as Fred pointed out. All I can do is show my work and hope they will look at the person behind the qualifications. For what it's worth, I've known some idiots without PhDs too. ;-) And Marilyn - I never thought to put those types of skills into my resume. Thanks! All the best everyone and thanks again for the advice. Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31809 ________________________________________________________________ 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
