Not the most positive post today. Was just thinking about how I've been professionally designing apps for the last 14 years now, and even now people tell me I am a "UI Engineer", when I clearly am not. At the same time I see people who started after me, climb up the ladder, get opportunities I can still only dream of having, and make an impact with their work.
I joined the MDes program at Berkeley nearly two years ago, hoping that this would open up opportunities for me to work in Emerging Tech. But it's done nothing to further that. In fact, I just feel more humiliated, as people look at me, and see apps on my portfolio and go, "Oh! Indian, makes apps, so must be a software developer". I have had a person repeatedly tell me to look for UI Engineering roles, even as I protested that I am a designer. That's the bitter truth of having a skill-set that spans through Software, Hardware, Engineering and Design. It doesn't open up more opportunities, it just confuses the recruiters.
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