Hello! Burin

These past few months I’ve been looking into Human-Computer Interaction graduate programs. Despite the small size of the field, it’s been difficult narrowing down my choice of programs. I’ve been able to do it though!

• Carnegie Mellon – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Georgia Tech – Atlanta, Georgia
• Uppsala Universitet – Uppsala, Sweden

Now there’s always the question of whether I should or shouldn’t go, since going to school full-time at that level won’t allow me to work as much (meaning less monies). There’s also the fact that I could just work and go on with my life with only a bachelors. The demand for web developers is there, based on the number of calls I’m getting (especially in the Ruby on Rails arena), but I’m really interested in moving back towards design and focusing on creating usable systems.

The good news is that whatever decision I make, I’ll have a year to decide what I want to do! If I do decide to go, I’ll start my Masters in HCI in Fall 2009. If I don’t, then I’ll just be livin it up, working in a field where I’m doing what I love doing. Either way, I think I’d be pretty happy!