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So the guys and girls that know how to physically paint are real artists, and we need them show us the way? I think not.
The tech world will happily use our work to keep people scrolling their endless ad spigots, but the minute we ask people to leave and give some money to us? Nothing.
So come join the tech world, artists! Use your hard-won mastery of color, design, and form to help make a nice frame for some Corporate Memphis clip-art we got off a stock site! It'll be great.
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Seems like a rather broad statement. As an artist in UI design I disagree and think it's a fantastic meeting point of artistry and engineering.
I think the point is that UI design isn't really art. If you're interested in both, then great! But they're about as similar as fiction and non-fiction writing.
Who are you to say what is and is not art?
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I think the point is that UI design isn't really art. If you're interested in both, then great! But they're about as similar as fiction and non-fiction writing.
> UI design isn't really art Who are you to say what is and is not art?
In other words, a UI as an artifact might be art. But UI design as process is different to the creation of art as a process. You could do both, but they're mostly orthogonal.
Since companies can't actually advertise that they're looking to hire fraudsters, they have to settle for the next closest thing: People who feel like frauds.
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> Imposter syndrome generally requires that you are/were in the role that makes you feel like an imposter waiting to be found out. Not a big fan of the article either, but this doesn't strike me as accurate from my own experience. Impostor syndrome is more often, in my neck of the woods, used to refer to general lack of self-confidence. It can prevent you from applying to a job, too.
That's an incorrect use. Imposter syndrome is called _imposter_ syndrome for a reason.
UI design is inherently a waste of time for artists.
Tech is, quite frankly, a waste of time for everyone. That's why they pay you so much to turn your life into gigantic market caps.
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Tech is, quite frankly, a waste of time for everyone. That's why they pay you so much to turn your life into gigantic market caps.
Why are you on a tech site if you think tech is a waste of time?
I'm in tech because they pay me big bucks to basically do nothing, and as I rise the ranks, I can do even less and get paid more. Can't pass on a gravy train.
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Tech is, quite frankly, a waste of time for everyone. That's why they pay you so much to turn your life into gigantic market caps.
Tech pays a lot because there's a lot of money in tech. Most people in tech are underpaid relative to the value generated, in part because a lot of people enjoy working in tech.
Luckily with remote work, it's becoming easier to do 10-20hrs for the same pay 40-60 (accounting for commute and other incidental costs) used to get. So I can finally use my technical skills to benefit myself way more than what I'm selling to my employer for the first time in many years. In a way, this transition to remote work is making it so I can clandestinely get a BigCo to finance my longterm career & personal software dreams ;)