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What you're describing isn't UX though. At least not in the way that UX professionals understand it. There being "impostors" in the field who bluff their way t
by tpoacher 3y ago
What you're describing isn't UX though. At least not in the way that UX professionals understand it.
There being "impostors" in the field who bluff their way through, while regrettable, does not imply that the whole industry is made up, any more than the existence of people applying to data science jobs with nothing but excel skills says nothing about data science.
And some companies really, really need UX people on board.
- robertlagrant 3y agoWell, I think it's certainly not how UX is sold, but I think it can end up that way, or even worse. I've been in several meetings with expensive UX consultants where we're paying them to run team retros for teams they aren't in, or doing mood board style exercises. Lots of internal work that's invisible but claims to add enough value to pay a large amount of money for. Now, I'm someone who insists on having a UX/UI person in the team when I'm making an app, as I want it all to go well, and I don't mind spending a chunk to get it, but the number of people I've found who can actually do that is vanishingly small compared to the number of people who are billed out as expensive UX consultants.