My Job Is Harder Than Yours (D4D Boston 2014)
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This document discusses the challenges faced by designers and developers and how they can work together effectively. It touches on how their jobs are difficult in different ways, issues that come up between the roles, and the importance of communication. Examples provided include dealing with clients, critiques, technical limitations, opinions from others and credit allocation. The need for understanding each other's perspectives and playing to strengths is emphasized for making the process work well into the future.
My Job Is Harder Than Yours (D4D Boston 2014)
- 1. MY JOB IS HARDER THAN YOURS. PERIOD
- 2. ME MY WIFE
- 6. Three things that make a good presentation.
- 8. “You don't need a rope to pinch a stranger's butt.” — DR. PHIL MCGRAW
- 10. 1. Letting off a little steam 2. Avoiding bigger issues 3. How we make it work 4. What the future holds
- 11. My job is harder than yours. (Letting off a little steam)
- 12. I’m always under the gun. Frontend
- 13. We can do this!
- 14. SPRINT!
- 15. Clients are “some kind of special.” Design
- 17. You get all the credit. Frontend
- 18. Everyone has an opinion on design. Design
- 19. Drupal doesn’t exactly make things easier… Frontend
- 20. Divitis
- 21. Photoshop is a dirty word. Shhhhh. Design
- 22. Just Photoshop, eh? Must be nice. Frontend
- 23. Design critiques can hurt :( Design
- 24. My job is harder than yours your job. (Avoiding bigger issues)
- 25. “Well, I did my part.” “I am part of a bigger picture.”
- 26. “Don’t tell me how to do my job.” “Tell me how my job affects yours.”
- 27. “I’ve been doing it this way forever.” “A little change goes a long way.”
- 28. Seven years, no itch. (How we make it work)
- 29. Communication
- 30. Kickoff!
- 31. A‘Labs War Room
- 32. CSS Nightmare
- 33. She said yes!
- 34. Demo Days
- 35. Play to each other’s strengths.
- 37. “Much of a designer’s craft lies in the details; if they are forgotten or changed, the designer’s time and effort will be wasted.” — CASSIE MCDANIEL Two Cats In A Sack: Designer-Developer Discord Smashing Magazine
- 41. Don’t try to solve every problem at once.
- 44. Be nice.
- 45. Where we’re going, where we’ve been (What the future holds)
- 46. Questions? Kathryn McClintock Frontend Developer @kccmcck Andrew McClintock Designer @bigorangedrink