Here is my (slightly less unhinged than I expected) musings on the current state of designing for the web.
Generally, I think we lost something when we stopped calling people web designers and forced people to pick a side.
https://heather-buchel.com/blog/2023/10/why-your-web-design-sucks/
@hbuchel Two degrees in HCI and making websites since I was 11 (thanks Neopets!) My experience has been that because I can code I’m lumped into the more “valuable” work of an “engineer” and any design skill is ignored except when another engineer needs to choose a color 😒
My experience has consistently been being treated as “not a real engineer” and “not a real designer.” I’ve always worked in robotics though which is kind of its own microcosm in tech.
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