Thanks for the link! I'm always looking for new podcasts and this one looks fascinating.

It's my belief that UX design teams should be hired on a contract only basis. That way they don't feel the need to constantly move stuff around and break things to justify their existence.

I did the Georgia Tech online master's in computer science (OMSCS) and I agree with this. For me it was cheap enough to do out of personal interest and I didn't have to quit my job.

Career-wise it didn'take any difference, but I did learn how to read academic papers.