Usability Expert = Best Career in 2009

USNews reports that in 2009 one of the best careers to have is being a Usability Experience Specialist.

Whatever you call them, their job is to help ensure that products, especially technical ones, are easy and pleasurable to use. How? First, they observe and interview potential users to identify their needs and preferences. They may conduct a task analysis to break down the user experience of a product to its component parts and make suggestions for each. After a prototype is developed, they may watch and interview potential users again and suggest revisions. Usability specialists may work, for example, on voting machines, the next generation iPhone, a medical imaging machine, an athletic shoe production line, a shopping website, or a bricks-and-mortar store.

This is another piece of good news for those of you concerned about your career over the next year. More and more statistics are showing that Internet Marketing is one of the few growth markets over the next 12 months. Rejoice fellow usability experts! Looks like your stock just went up a little more!

Thanks for the link Garrick