[Sigia-l] RE: Apple and Pears

[Beth Mazur]

Dan Saffer wrote:
>At the risk of angering the LIS crowd, I'm going to venture to say that,
>even though they often go hand-in-hand, the bulk of "IA" jobs now and in
>the near future are going to be of the "site map+interactivity" type,
>and not the taxonomy/classification type. 

Yes, except now and in the near future, the applicants for "sitemap+interactivity"
jobs will include west coast IAs, those who call themselves interaction designers,
those who call themselves experience designers, and those who are just (yawn) 
web designers (or developers). Maybe even UCD-oriented usability types.

Is it me, or does this sound a bit like choosing to be a little fish in a big pond or 
a big fish in a little pond?

Beth Mazur
IDblog: http://idblog.org