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@itspatmorgan Asking questions is a superpower for wrangling the end to end UX. For example, at our company part of the experience is programming language design: I may not be an expert there, but I can still ask questions to help the experts investigate that piece of the UX.

@ay0n_b Certainly can still provide useful guidance

@itspatmorgan Wait until you see ppl using "UX" interchangeably with "front end"

@nihilistsensor

@itspatmorgan Don't mean to step on toes here, but I just sense that on a job interview… with the Design Lead.

@thalygutierrez_ 😬

@itspatmorgan UX is in fact UI at most tech firms, because the scope of requirements falls on product and not design.

@empathyx100 well said, Mike

@itspatmorgan they lack sophistication, not your fault

@designwithgian 🙏

@itspatmorgan A healthy credit for this also goes to designers and industry insiders. Every day on social media, you'll see folks from the industry claiming figma is the top "UX tool," for example.

@CrayonBytes Fair point

@itspatmorgan It’s infuriating

@DJSanghera 🥲

@itspatmorgan We can handle this experience of UI, and I believe this is a bigger problem:

@mihai221981 yikes that's a ridiculous job description

@itspatmorgan "Intuitive", "beautiful" and "delightful" are words that are so casually used without considering what goes into achieving these goals. It's a red flag when I see these in a job description too.

@Swetha66726241 for sure. buzzwords without backup are a big red flag to me too.

@itspatmorgan Yes... So many use UX when they mean UI

@criticallearner 👍