I was in your situation about seven years ago, having built several web sites from both angles, but more toward the development side.
You may have heard this before, but moving into a new career field often requires taking a step downward, then working your way back up again. I took a pretty junior design position with a big company (whose forte was not software engineering), and worked my way from there to director of usability over four years. I learned a TON along the way, and finally scraped together enough of a portfolio to land my next job - interaction designer and CTO for a startup. Of course, I'm still the oddball designer and my jobs tend to blend design, development and management. I'd rather be designing, but I'll make do with enough design to keep me happy, at least. Keep looking, and you'll find someone who needs your particular skills enough to help you get started down the path toward interaction design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43689 ________________________________________________________________ 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
