This discussion sparked a question I've wondered about for awhile, so
I thought I'd ask the group:
How "high-touch" is the interaction design discipline?
In other words, when I build web development teams, I often find that
my back-end developers can work remotely, almost as much as they want,
as long as I have one or two local senior developers for strategy
meetings.
On the other hand, I usually need my own designer and usability folks
really close at hand, and work-at-home days for them are usually few
and far between. I'd LOVE to be a telecommuting designer, but would
have a hard time hiring someone for such a collaborative role.
I ask because I get a lot of offers for very short-term positions some
five states away, and would love to telecommute, but I know that I
would have a hard time swallowing that pill as the hiring manager, so
I don't blame others for turning away remote designers. NYC companies
seem to have made this a big point in their job postings, f'rinstance.
Flipping the question around, with all of the smart "virtual
collaboration tools" lying around, what are we missing, in order to
make telecommuting a realistic possibility for our profession?
Nothing on the market seems to affordably provide that tactile sense
of "we're working together" as much as just sitting next to each other
in an office.
Apologies if this is off-topic...
Bryan Minihan
On Dec 19, 2009, at 2:56 AM, Eric Reiss wrote:
Our sector certainly SHOULD recover faster. With all the layoffs of
real
people, web-based self-service should be very appealing to businesses.
However, each market is dramatically individual so there is no way to
generalize. At a time where it was virtually impossible to find decent
interaction folks in London, Copenhagen's largest shop fired half
its staff
(about 80 people).
We've been looking for folks for several months now in various
markets we
serve, but with little success. The folks with real talent are few
and far
between.
Cheers,
Eric
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