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Are you adjusting the last margin to make things pixel perfect and are you fretting over two different fonts that to my mother look about the same? Then they are probably right.
However, are you focusing on 50,000 foot page layout issues that the client is going to see. Then you're probably doing them a service.
One thing you might also consider, and please don't take this personally, cause I might be way off -- It could be that you're slow, or perhaps, that the 'extra effort' you're putting in to things means that they're missing deadlines or are unable to start the next thing. The key comment though is amorphid's, I think, that you're being paid to do what you're told. If that makes you unhappy, then as mentioned, there ar…
Thanks for the advice.
It's odd how we all agree that Apple's relentless focus on quality - from the very first day when Woz spent all those hours creating beautiful internal hardware that no one every saw to today's Apple that frets about creating hi-fi prototypes with actual data and not lorem ipsum - is key to their success and yet we seldom invest resources in achieving that level of quality. On the other hand, things work different in…
I understand about pressures. However, I've worked at a big company, small, and now at a startup, and none of them seem to have time to focus on quality. Maybe I've just been unlucky, and that the Apples of this world are a very rare breed. It could also be argued that it's more important for a startup to focus on quality, especially if entering a crowded market?
Thanks for the advice, you're right it's all about balance. It's not all bad, there are some people at my company who love spending time on user experience, but at the moment they just don't fight for the cause. Hopefully when things get a big less hectic (if that ever happens) there will be time for improvement in this area.