Nowadays with so many people having high-speed Internet access and with applications like Apple's FaceTime, even the face-to-face contact is no longer a problem. I worked entirely at home for the last company for which I consulted, and home was either my own home or those of my children when childsitting for grandchildren and never had a complaint from my client.
I'm surprised that more companies aren't going to an essentially all telecommuting workforce, with a limited number of shared workspaces for those who may be in the office at any particular time.
She should consider any of the various DESIGN-related professions. Have her contact Prof. John Maeda (Maeda@RISD.edu), who started his career with a degree at M.I.T., after which he became a world-renowned designer, head of a section at The M.I.T. Media Laboratory, and now is President of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
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Nowadays with so many people having high-speed Internet access and with applications like Apple's FaceTime, even the face-to-face contact is no longer a problem. I worked entirely at home for the last company for which I consulted, and home was either my own home or those of my children when childsitting for grandchildren and never had a complaint from my client.
I'm surprised that more companies aren't going to an essentially all telecommuting workforce, with a limited number of shared workspaces for those who may be in the office at any particular time.
She should consider any of the various DESIGN-related professions. Have her contact Prof. John Maeda (Maeda@RISD.edu), who started his career with a degree at M.I.T., after which he became a world-renowned designer, head of a section at The M.I.T. Media Laboratory, and now is President of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).