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I disagree with this. Teams I have been on that are very engineer-driven had tendencies to create products that they thought were innovative or technically inte

I disagree with this. Teams I have been on that are very engineer-driven had tendencies to create products that they thought were innovative or technically interesting rather than something customers actually wanted. I think broader realizations of this have led to the industry-wide investment in UX research in the past decade. Though I will acknowledge my own bias here in no longer being a software developer and now more of a UX researcher.

rthomas6 8y ago
Yes, this is a major con! Luckily my job involves a lot of R&D for the government, so UX and customer adoption isn't as important, though it still is important. Like other commenters have said, you need a balance. A workplace where everyone does not understand what the customer wants is crazy. A workplace where (almost) everyone does not understand any technical details of how to build what the customer wants is also crazy. Basically, you need enough people with enough domain knowledge to avoid this situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg
GoToRO 8y ago
Those businesses are not in business for a long time. If one does not know the first thing about software development I don't want to work with that person. Because if I do, then I will have to do two jobs for one pay and a lot of free stress.