There's almost no HCI or interaction design in what passes for UX today. They are mostly - probably 90+% of them - visual designers who have memorized some cann

There's almost no HCI or interaction design in what passes for UX today. They are mostly - probably 90+% of them - visual designers who have memorized some canned responses to use when asked why they aren't doing basic things. Seriously, anyone who things software as a discipline is bad, well, they're right, but they have no appreciation for how appalling "UX" is today vs even 1990.