[Sigia-l] UI job requirements

[Karl Groves]

I find that a lot of times, the people writing these announcements are taking a list of ideal features and throwing them together.  The problem is, they give off the impression that all of these things are requirements.  Heck, half the time, they don't even know what they're saying!  I remember reading one job announcement looking for someone with 15 years' experience with HTML! (paying, BTW less than $35k) There's one person on earth with that much HTML experience...

I find it odd that they want a written Java skills evaluation for a lead interface designer. I would view those as completely separate. In fact, there's no way I'd let my programmers design a UI. That's bad management.  You don't put your best quarterback in left tackle position.

-Karl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org 
> [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On Behalf Of
> Jake Cressman
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 11:32 AM
> To: sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: [Sigia-l] UI job requirements
> 
> 
> Please read the following job requirements for a "Lead UI
> Developer/Interface Usability Designer" that I came across.
> 
> > Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field (Masters
> > preferred) 
> > 3-5 years hands-on Java (and related technology) programming
> > experience, developing user interfaces for enterprise software
> > Extensive familiarity with concepts and methodologies of User
> > Centered Design and Usability Science
> > General RDBMS (SQL, Oracle, other) knowledge with experience
> > designing database applications
> > Formal usability training or experience a plus
> 
> > All candidates will be required to conduct a written Java skills
> > evaluation as part of the interviewing process.
> 
> First of all, this is the first time I've heard of a UI 
> Developer. That
> aside, do you think it's common to see heavy 
> engineering/programming skills
> required in the UI job posts you've seen? I hope I'm not 
> wrong, but in my
> experience, finding a programmer with expert UI skills would 
> be like finding
> a unicorn. 
> 
> Am I alone here, or am I not the only one on this list 
> without hands-on Java
> experience?
> 
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