SIGIA-L Mail Archives: Re: SIGIA-L: State of the profession
Re: SIGIA-L: State of the profession
From: Adam or Susan Polansky (adamp_at_concentric.net)
Date: Mon Jun 18 2001 - 17:05:12 EDT
I fell victim to Rare Medium's last round of lay-offs two weeks ago. While
the job market in Dallas continues to be relatively good, I have run into
the situation Peter describes where many people still don't understand what
IA is.
I'm trying to repackage myself to some extent. That is to say, present my
skills within different contexts. I've discussed a position as a Process
Engineer with a large firm here in town. That role is a liason betwen a
particular business unit and the IT department. It involves gathering
requirements, doing cost benefit analysis and creating a development plan.
Maybe it will pan out. It's still a little early to tell. My phone isn't
ringing off the hook...yet. [Geez! Don't they know who I am! ;-)]
I too am optimistic of the future of this role and hope that I can stay
engaged as an IA while things get busy again.
Best of luck to all of you in the same boat and to those of you who are
still employed. May you stay that way.
Adam Polansky
Int'l Man of Liesure
----- Original Message -----
From: James Weinheimer <jamesw_at_princeton.edu>
To: SIGIA mailing list <sigia-l_at_mail.asis.org>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: SIGIA-L: State of the profession
> Forwarded from "Peter Morville" <morville_at_argus-acia.com>.--Jim
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> It has certainly been a tough year for many within the IA community and
for
> the broader Internet consulting industry. Despite all of the pain we've
> been through, I still believe that the demand for good information
> architects will continue to grow (and outpace supply) in the long-term.
> Right now, we're at the intersection of a new profession that many don't
> understand and a tough economic environment; things will get better!
>
> I'm currently working hard (with Lou Rosenfeld) on the second edition of
our
> book, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. I fully expect
there
> will be an even bigger audience for this edition than there was for the
> first :-)
>
>
> Peter Morville
> Executive Director, ACIA, http://argus-acia.com/
> IA Consulting, http://argus-acia.com/bios/morville.html
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: BERNARD,KELLI KATHLEEN <kbernard_at_ucla.edu>
> To: Carl Rudorf <crudorf_at_earthlink.net>
> Cc: Brett Ingram <brett_at_brettingram.com>; <sigia-l_at_mail.asis.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 1:33 PM
> Subject: Re: SIGIA-L: State of the profession
>
>
>
> > > On a side note - how many people in IA who lost a job in the last 6
> months
> > > have found new work in IA?
>
> I'm very interested to hear how people answer this question- it does seem
> really hard to get a specific IA job out there right now. I was laid off
> from IXL when their LA office was closing and found a new IA position at
> Sapient. I started that in January and was laid off in March. Oh well,
> it was a great 2 months. I spent from March to June looking for an IA job
> but internet consulting just doesn't seem to be ready to hire. The IA jobs
> are few and far between right now. You're better off if you're at the
> senior or director level, but the competition for that is even tougher
> now. I was finally able to get a new job as a usability analyst with a
> software company pretty unfamiliar with IA/Usability (at least they're
> willing to learn- hence the new Usability Analyst position!).
>
> I still know several people who were laid off in the last 6 months that
> haven't found anything yet. My only advice is to get creative- convince
> companies that your skills are valuable, whatever title they put you
> under. My experience working in web consulting was absolutely great- but
> after getting laid off TWICE my confidence in the industry is, well, low.
>
> My question to everyone else is- if you didn't get new work as an IA, what
> type of work are you doing?
>
> Kelli Bernard
>
> Usability Analyst
> Enfish Technology
> www.enfish.com
>
>
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