I'm usually the touchy one, so I can't judge harshly. About the Bay Area, it is interesting, and I think there's a strong case to at least be conversant in d) all of the above (as Andrei Herasimchuk would probably Argue Strongly For), and minimally, I've rarely encountered anyone with an IA, UX or IxD related title who didn't at least color in several hexes of JJG's Nine Pillars (not to mention outside the lines and off the page). At least for me and my path, the notion that "specialization is for insects" holds some truth. No offense intended to you lovely specialists (nor to insects).
Scott On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Jonathan S. Knoll <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess I'm just touchy. > > I've also followed that career trajectory, though I actually started with > something more akin to über-traditional IA (building taxonomies for search), > then made my way from back-end towards the front, now splitting time between > front-end development and IA/IxD. > > I will say this, I think that the Bay Area has many more do-it-all > developers/designers. My experiences as a dot-commer in SF actually made me > into the generalist I am -- there was a much greater, um, respect (?) for > the well-rounded geek. On the other hand, I've found that being a generalist > is often scoffed at by development team managers in other places I've lived > (including New York, and particularly at agencies). (On the other hand, it > usually ends up earning generalists the respect of both fellow team members, > as well as leaders of other teams. Go figure.) > > ~ yoni > ________________________________________________________________ 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
