Friend and colleague Jeff Patton floated an idea a few weeks ago around the thought that there are 3 types of User Experience Professionals: Before-, During-, and After-People. I think this is a brilliant way to characterize UXers…simple and to the point, with no big-giant-confusing-wordiness. Of course, all the qualities of these different types of people should exist in every User Experience Pro, but naturally we’ve all got our strengths and weaknesses.
So what kind of User Experience Professional am I? In true self-report form, I’ll this is how I categorize myself at this very moment:
Hey all my User Experience friends out there. What does your pie look like? What would you like it to look like? Oh yeah, and, what do you think my pie looks like?
One response to “What kind of User Experience Professional am I?”
Josh, this is really really good. Kudos to Jeff for the idea too! I think I should be putting up, or at least giving a hard thought to my standing, and where I want to be.