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That's the thing, this is what it is almost always like. Anyone who calls themselves a UX designer and is under 25 has just been insufferable. And they just as
by apostacy 8y ago
That's the thing, this is what it is almost always like. Anyone who calls themselves a UX designer and is under 25 has just been insufferable.
And they just assume that older technology must be inferior, because it is old. They use obsolete as a synonym for old.
In the span of a year, I had UX consultants tell me that password masking is obsolete, and that there should be one field for passwords, no wait, two fields but masked again. Decisions are not really based on logic, they are based on fashion trends, and intense fear of not being hip.
Maybe in some way this makes sense in the modern app ecosystem, that is possible. But is should be relegated to crummy Listicle apps. But these types of people should be kept well away from any software that does anything important.
As for the warehouse I mentioned, Android and React Native are not the right technologies. But maybe this firm didn't want to tell the client that they should go somewhere else.
- notduncansmith 8y ago> and is under 25 has just been insufferable. I think this is a key point. Beyond the fact that their brain is still developing[1], most people under 25 (or with only 1-3 years in tech) simply don't have the breadth and depth of experience necessary to build an appreciation for reliability, much less the ability to identify reliable components or design reliable solutions for various environments. [1] https://mentalhealthdaily.com/2015/02/18/at-what-age-is-the-brain-fully-developed/ https://mentalhealthdaily.com/2015/02/18/at-what-age-is-the-...
- apostacy 8y agoOf course. I think the problem though is the culture surrounding UX that empowers unqualified people to make messes.
- sokoloff 8y agoTo be fair, this culture is by no means unique to UX. I've seen unqualified people make messes in many different tech disciplines: coding, operations, project management...
- apostacy 8y agoYes, but I think that UX is a particularly toxic vector for unqualified people. UX people are often good at dazzling upper management. What they do is vague enough that it can be hard to nail down a failure condition. Everyone wants the newest and best. I've seen CEOs give the reigns of their app to some UX person, because they want to impress the hip young UX expert, and they know just enough tech to appear to a wizard.
- ambicapter 8y ago"Nobody likes you when you're 23" ~Blink-182