Thanks for this response Caroline. I agree that the course isn't web-centric (in fact I'd like it to be a little more web-oriented given my personal interests!). Of course HCI covers a huge area as you rightly point out.
>> I'd be interested to hear from employers / hiring managers on this list what they think. My instinct would be to say: a course helps, but it isn't going to guarantee you a job. And you need to complement the academic stuff, which is inevitably going to age a bit, with becoming conversant with the general vibe on lists like this and reading relevant online zines like UX Matters, A list apart, www.usabilitynews.com etc Yes, I definitely read all of those sites and more. In fact I've been familiar with some of them for some time given my work in design / development >>As a minimum, I'd suggest that you should find a way of creating a portfolio for yourself, whether by working on paid-for jobs, or doing some moonlighting, or by helping out friends, family and worthy causes. Yes, I have a portfolio on my site www.littled.net which I've tried to make UI / IX relevant rather than being "developery". So hope this will help and complement the study. A related question for consideration elsewhere might be how easy is it to move from one area of web (etc.) work into another, i.e. from a developer / designer to a usability role. Maybe I'll start another thread! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39584 ________________________________________________________________ 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
