I think the issue is that people started adding “pixel perfect” fidelity to mocks. also anecdotal but having worked with UX people at a tech unicorn I think mo

I think the issue is that people started adding “pixel perfect” fidelity to mocks. also anecdotal but having worked with UX people at a tech unicorn I think most of them are not that useful, and also don’t know that much. It got to a point where we (we built most of the foundational pieces of the business) just elected not to rely on our UX teams’ input too much. I feel like it’s an essential job that most do really badly and in turn makes me think of the whole profession as a meme. The best UX designer I worked with was a hybrid of a PM and SWE. He was amazing to work with. The dozen or so others I’ve worked with knew more about “dressing and looking like a designer” than actually designing.