Looking for some advice, insights and perspective on current job situation
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Paul M Watt wrote:
The way I see it, you are in a perfect position to learn what the customer really wants rather than guessing, and writing software dictated by some marketing research. This sort of experience will be invaluable to you as you progress in your career.
I hadn't thought of it that way. I guess I'm in a good position to level up UX and my general user interactions. Nice article by the way. I think I'll read over it again before the next time I think about talking to management about improvements. You totally had me pegged in the opening scenario. I guess, for me, what it boils down to is that I will just have to make the time for the things I think will make a difference.
I haz a Blog. It is Delicious. I haz a GAEM. It is a work in progress.
Thanks for the compliments.
musicm122 wrote:
You totally had me pegged in the opening scenario.
I think this has happened to many people. I played this game for 4 years at a company until I realized that we were becoming more and more successful, and they would never schedule time for the quality refactoring I was asking for. I also realized, that I could find time to to make those adjustments gradually. So that's what I did. At the company I work for now, we have a yearly request of R&D ideas, and they fund the best ideas. As I put together my ideas, most of them we quality related. That's when a colleague pointed out to me that the R&D committee is looking for "value add" proposal's. That's when it clicked for me. Regards