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I know that engineers aren’t the most socially adept bunch, but it’s still weird how someone can go this long before having to realize that personal feedback ne
by ummonk 5y ago
I know that engineers aren’t the most socially adept bunch, but it’s still weird how someone can go this long before having to realize that personal feedback needs to be delivered appropriately because people have emotions and aren’t just programs to be dissected like in a line by line code review.
- simongray 5y agoWhile I recognise that engineers do this a lot, other people certainly do it too. Whenever I present any GUI work to other people (future users) they rarely consider the big picture, but just nitpick some tiny things in a stream-of-consciousness way because it makes them feel like they contributed to the process somehow. Building a UI that pleases most people is challenging and people do not appreciate the hard work (design and engineering) that goes into it, I find, preferring to turn user feedback sessions into nitpicking sessions every time. Usually they are plain wrong too, for the same reasons outlined in this article (e.g. there is a requirement they did not consider).