I don't have the link, but somewhere on LukeW's site lukew.com there is a post about what they did at Yahoo in terms of career path. I also know that MS is doing similar working in the area of career path in their UX groups.
The way I look at it from my experience is that any designer role should have equal billing to go up the manager/principal (your choice) food chain. I know that agencies like R/GA and frog both have paths towards ACD CD and ECD (CD = Creative director; A associate; E Executive) where all manner of creative contributor can take on those roles. This is also the model of ad agencies where many CDs tend to be writers as well as graphic designers. but yes, there is little room at the top of the pyramid that's what makes it a pyramid. But remember the bigger the organization you are working for, the more pyramids there are, or it goes a lot taller before it gets pointy. Of course, going out on your own gets you a better "title", but I'm not sure it really does in all cases advances your career. Most successful solos as a career path usually used soloing b/c they really broke the glass where they were already and just couldn't be contained. going solo too early usually just means a flat trajectory. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35603 ________________________________________________________________ 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
