Ali, Lucky you, to have just graduated and both of those opportunities available. I envy you :)
Here UXD/IA aren't too strong yet, so there are almost no direct possibilities, and no local university programs that I'm aware of. That said, I rather serendipitously accepted a Technical Writing job at a company that doesn't yet have any UXD but can appreciate the value of usability. I began with editing in one department, moved to writing in another, started doing video tutorials for them, then began designing icons, graphics, and the software interface itself. This after chatting with a business analyst who was developing limited beta software they wanted to test before revamping their existing giant products. Right place, right time, right skill-set for me. What about the other opportunities in the company? I'd be asking about the departments - what projects are exciting, what they're designing (in my case they happened to be doing financial hardware/software for check processing - my 3 years in managing Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable gave me a background that saved days in training). I'd be making it clear I like learning and growing, and ask to understand the tasks you'll be expected and skills/programming languages used. Hopefully you can get an idea of company environment as well; nothing has helped me so much as having good coworkers who were happy to use the skills that, although I wasn't hired for directly, could really benefit in other capacities. KR, Erica ________________________________________________________________ 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
