Designer here, former UX for 12 years. The main problem with designers and bad UXers is they rarely work on organizations with budget for UX. UX is usually lend

Designer here, former UX for 12 years. The main problem with designers and bad UXers is they rarely work on organizations with budget for UX. UX is usually lend to 3rd parties to work on specifics. Internal staff barely did a proper qualitative process and they barely do quantitative studies. They just rush and appeal to experience or articles in internet. Internet is full of articles that are just opionated gardens. That's why I dislike UX articles that don't provide any source of data or evidence. Last time an UX expert answered me on an article he wrote was these lines: "If it's between my experience versus your zero experience, most will go with the guy who has some experience." This is and it was since the beginning the mindset of most (but not all) UXers. They hide behind on artcicles, studies that can be disputed and appeal to experience. The best UXer for me are those who shared real studies and data, explained the methods, etc.