[thelist] age

Erika Meyer erika at seastorm.com
Fri Aug 25 01:09:38 CDT 2000


>Hell, I'm almost 60. Does anyone know of a list for age 50+ enthusiastic
>devs?

Evolt.

>You know... a list that will forgive lapses in memory, foolish coding
>errors and dumb questions that when answered don't look like "see spot, see
>spot run..." to the rest of you younguns?

I'm so glad that there is such a diversity of ages on this list.  At 
least two twenty-five year olds have told me they are getting "old" 
for the industry.

Is Mick Jagger too old to rock n' roll?

I honestly think that age and experience leads to skills and 
personality traits that are hard to quantify, but valuable in both 
work and life.  I also think this is often missed by potential 
employers.

>me? I'm 28. but sometimes I feel 32

I'm 32.  but sometimes I feel 28.

Erika

<tip type="information architecture"  author="erika">
If you get to do IA with a client:

- start general, with goals & audience.
- in the early stages, encourage brainstorming, sketching, 
clustering, creative and off-the-wall ideas.  after that, refine.
- make sure everyone who is involved in final decisions is also 
involved in the IA process.  No uninformed executive decisions!
- WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING
- this process can be frustratingly slow for the client who wanted a 
site yesterday. Patience and education, and perhaps a cautionary tale 
or two, are key.

</tip>




erika at seastorm.com





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