Actually, the stickiest NDA I ever had to sign was for a product that
shipped...it also ran only on a particular form of *nix (that no
longer exists) so I couldn't even carry a laptop that ran the product.
And that doesn't even include the government stuff...
Katie Albers
Founder & Principal Consultant
FirstThought
User Experience Strategy & Project Management
310 356 7550
[email protected]
On Jan 15, 2009, at 11:07 AM, Russell Wilson wrote:
The problem is that you can't always show stuff just because it
shipped. There are still issues with exposing parts of the ui to
non-customers
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On Jan 15, 2009, at 1:01 PM, "Scott Berkun" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Good question. This is one reason it pays to work on projects that
ship -
then you can always show the stuff that made it out the door, which
makes it
easier to talk about the things that didn't.
By way of perspective, programmers have a similar problem. They
can't show
their code, algorithms, etc. so it's worthwhile to ask how the larger
programming world handles it. Generally they solve it by talking
through
programming problems in the interview (whiteboards), or asking
people to
look at code, critique it, or rewrite it. But I'm sure there is
always some
discussion of proprietary knowledge - it's just up to the candidate
not to
go too far.
And lastly, this is another good reason to do pro-bono work,
especially if
you are a junior designer, as it's a way to build a portfolio that
dodges
the issues Will points out.
-Scott
Scott Berkun
www.scottberkun.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Will
Evans
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:35 AM
To: Jen Randolph
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Portfolios @ Interviews: What Do
You Do?
So how do you walk into an interview - legally - when we can't show
anything we've ever
done. There is no "you can't show any of this proprietary work
unless you
are
applying for another job," - clause
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