Yes, I've experienced that as well. But even the other way around where engineers are thinking less of designers because "they can't build anything". This is why a humility and respect are very important traits when it comes to effective collaboration. Both have valuable skills without the product couldn't be build.
Wow...two people actually talking like adults on media. This is refreshing. They acknowledged their annoyances, gave a their side of it, and moved on. Amazing.
On the #1 point about the final build not matching the design, I find engineers can achieve things better if the underlying thought process is explained more clearly. Just handing over a design and saying, “here monkey, build this”, which unfortunately is a very common mindset, as part of the design handover you should walk through all the design decisions made, explain why they were made and which ones are the high impact design decisions. Explaining the why, rather than the what, is almost always better. When engineers say they want to be involved earlier in the process often it’s more at this stage rather than the “sketch stuff on a postit” stage.
I am coming from marketing and did some design work and now do a career change into software development. The most annoying thing is when people don't pay attention to spacing, alignment and all the details. That freaks me out :D
What is your top annoyance when working with designers or engineers? And, how do you solve that? Would love to read your perspective!
Being an engineer, I often get the impression that creative people approach engineers with a feeling of superiority. And this annoys me a lot.
Yes, I've experienced that as well. But even the other way around where engineers are thinking less of designers because "they can't build anything". This is why a humility and respect are very important traits when it comes to effective collaboration. Both have valuable skills without the product couldn't be build.
Wow...two people actually talking like adults on media. This is refreshing. They acknowledged their annoyances, gave a their side of it, and moved on. Amazing.
Very fresh and entertaining. I liked a lot your conclusion (that it is all about communication).
Ideation is the perfect time for Software Engineers to get invovled and problem solve. There is so much there to solve.
On the #1 point about the final build not matching the design, I find engineers can achieve things better if the underlying thought process is explained more clearly. Just handing over a design and saying, “here monkey, build this”, which unfortunately is a very common mindset, as part of the design handover you should walk through all the design decisions made, explain why they were made and which ones are the high impact design decisions. Explaining the why, rather than the what, is almost always better. When engineers say they want to be involved earlier in the process often it’s more at this stage rather than the “sketch stuff on a postit” stage.
Great perspective. Agree!
I am coming from marketing and did some design work and now do a career change into software development. The most annoying thing is when people don't pay attention to spacing, alignment and all the details. That freaks me out :D
I bet engineers that don't care about spacing haunt designers in their nightmares.