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Not sure why the designer always gets the blame here. The Product Manager set the requirements and sign off on the designs.
by nipponese 6y ago
Not sure why the designer always gets the blame here. The Product Manager set the requirements and sign off on the designs.
- yen223 6y agoOne thing I learn from hacker news is that it's never the software engineer's fault
- tomxor 6y agoIf the product manager dictates UI and UX design then they are the UI and UX designer and their title is meaningless. But what I think you really mean is that people are often in a blame culture that strategically puts up responsibility defenses which distracts them from producing a good result and focuses them on red taping to cover their asses. It is quite possible in these organizational structures to produce absolute shit and tick all the boxes and get everything approved and make sure no one in the position of actually doing stuff gets blamed for anything. Not saying that it's their personal fault that certain companies are that way, but it is possible to have some self respect and march back up to the manager and say hey this is shit and we should do a better design rather than waste time on this (ok, yes in a more articulate and respectful way) - if you think that risks your job then it's probably going to be more fruitful working somewhere else anyway. Disclaimer: yes I know real life has other restrictions that means not everyone can do this.