Allow me to put it more bluntly: if you are feeling like an artist, don't meddle with UX. The comment above shows this type of people don't understand it. Yet

Allow me to put it more bluntly: if you are feeling like an artist, don't meddle with UX. The comment above shows this type of people don't understand it. Yet they are the ones getting hired due to formal qualification. Those who do are at the intersection of design, engineering and computer science. The latter give you enough experience to understand the culture to recreate familiar _look and feel_.