My personal experience with corporate America is to never rely on them for your future experience. So nevermind the vested stock options or the buying a house. Sooner than four years of a job you don't really want, you want education and experience that will take you to product design (right?). But that's just what you want professionally.
What do you want?
What do you want to experience in your day-to-day life?
Seems like a grueling work-all-day-then-go-to-school-all-night schedule might not be it. But I think you know that. I might just be projecting. I've always been terribly unhappy when I've had to work & do night school. It would be one thing if you loved your work and loved your curriculum, but...
Do you actually want a 'usability engineer' job? Isn't that different than product design? What are you missing? The Human Factors stuff?
two of my closest friends at my last job were the UE's there. they were both highly frustrated by how little impact their reports ultimately had on design decisions. heh. one changed careers after leaving that company; the other is working at MS as a UE and comments that he has the same 'problem' there.
that said, the human factors stuff is definitely fascinating, and *is* in alignment with your industrial design/engineering goals. but from what i know of it, usability test methodologies may be best learned in a classroom.
just my $.02 ... keep us posted! :)
oh, and this probably goes without saying, BUT: stock options are about as reliable as the lotto. i would advise not basing decisions on what *might* or *might not* be happening 4 years from now.
nay, I do not ASSuMEseattlesqueMay 17 2003, 13:27:28 UTC
> I'm amused at your assumption that > I've never had/sold options
as a comedian playing to a frightened audience, I'm always glad if I can actually get a laugh...so amused is good. But notice I said: "here's something I tell *everyone*" (& since some % of 'everyone' has had/sold options, it's implied that I'll catch at least a few people who have)
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What do you want?
What do you want to experience in your day-to-day life?
Seems like a grueling work-all-day-then-go-to-school-all-night schedule might not be it. But I think you know that. I might just be projecting. I've always been terribly unhappy when I've had to work & do night school. It would be one thing if you loved your work and loved your curriculum, but...
Do you actually want a 'usability engineer' job? Isn't that different than product design? What are you missing? The Human Factors stuff?
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that said, the human factors stuff is definitely fascinating, and *is* in alignment with your industrial design/engineering goals. but from what i know of it, usability test methodologies may be best learned in a classroom.
just my $.02 ... keep us posted! :)
oh, and this probably goes without saying, BUT: stock options are about as reliable as the lotto. i would advise not basing decisions on what *might* or *might not* be happening 4 years from now.
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> I've never had/sold options
as a comedian playing to a frightened audience, I'm always glad if I can actually get a laugh...so amused is good. But notice I said: "here's something I tell *everyone*" (& since some % of 'everyone' has had/sold options, it's implied that I'll catch at least a few people who have)
:)
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