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Who makes you better?

A great developer makes me a great designer because they make my design come alive and improves it in the process.

Such a developer gets it. Understands what I’m doing. Sees the value in it and respects it. I have worked with many developers that just don’t get it and a few that actually do. And they make me better at what I do.

There are varying reasons for developers not getting it. Here are a few that come to mind that I’ll discuss in turn:

• They don’t understand
• They don’t want people meddling in their work
• They don’t care

Some don’t understand UX and they truly don’t see that the changes that they make influence it. They’re not trying to be obtuse, they just don’t see it. You may show them the design and then their implementation side by side and they don’t see that there is a difference or even if the see it, they don’t see what difference it makes.

- Then it’s my job to make them see it. Make them see that you have a different perspective than they do, that you are thinking of a bigger picture, that you have input from other sources (users, theory, research etc.) and therefore you have made the design this way or that. Listen to him and discuss his points in this context.
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