[Sigia-l] UI job requirements

[Christina Wodtke]

Less uncommon than you might think. Stanford and other schools are turning
out more and more well rounded folks with HCI and programmign skills. in
fact, to take the stanford HCI program, you do have to learn to program.

Orkut was designed and built by one man-- one thing the design blogs all
agree on (though they often hate the graphic design) is that the interaction
design is pretty good. A few bloopers, but generally excellent.

Programmer/UI folks are moderately common in silicon valley, and I don't
think they are going away. many jobs here require you to be able to design
and build the front end. While teh individual may not be an expert in IA, or
user research, one person who can design, program and knows HCI principals
could well be the perfect match for a small company just getting on its
feet.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jake Cressman" <rjc44 at cornell.edu>
To: <sigia-l at asis.org>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 8:31 AM
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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