I'm finding this discussion very interesting as a developer looking to move more in a UI design direction.
I posted to IxDA a month or two ago asking how easy people thought it was to transition between roles. Many (tho' not all) of the answers were positive, and mentioned as others have here, that smaller, agile teams / start-ups were probably the best environment to do a range of things. Of course, it doesn't make finding those kind of jobs any easier :). I've been quite lucky in that I've started taking on more usability / UI design work in my current job which my boss has supported. PS, I summarised the findings from that IxDA discussion and some other sources here if anyone's interested: http://tr.im/lKZa. Cheers, David 2009/5/19 Adrian Howard <[email protected]>: > > On 19 May 2009, at 01:26, Craig Melbourne wrote: > [snip] >> >> As someone in similar shoes to yourself I completely agree with Dave >> here. Although advertised positions requiring both are rare that's >> not always the case once you're inside. I often go into contracts as >> either a IX/UX designer OR a UI developer and, because of my >> background, find myself getting involved in the other. I usually take >> these roles because I see an opportunity to get involved in both when >> doing a bit of background research on the company. These days I tend >> to sell myself as a IX/UX designer (major) with a solid UI dev >> (minor) skill set as thats how I want the balance to be. > > [snip] > > That's been my experience too (although I tend to sell my developer skills > first myself). > > Adrian > > -- > delicious.com/adrianh - twitter.com/adrianh - [email protected] > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- David Little w: www.littled.net t: twitter.com/djlittle ________________________________________________________________ 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
