{"id":441,"date":"2007-01-04T11:10:40","date_gmt":"2007-01-04T16:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/archives\/441"},"modified":"2007-01-04T11:48:51","modified_gmt":"2007-01-04T16:48:51","slug":"what-kind-of-user-experience-professional-am-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/archives\/441","title":{"rendered":"What kind of User Experience Professional am I?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friend and colleague Jeff Patton<\/a> floated an idea a few weeks ago around the thought that there are 3 types of User Experience Professionals: Before-, During-, and After-People<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n

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:<\/p>\n

\"before1.png\"<\/center>It’s important to note, though, that I don’t intend for my pie to look like that forever. I’ve got big goals for my talents, and most of these goals reside in the “During-people” stage. As of now, I’ve got alright Graphic Design skills, but I can tell that they’re still somewhat raw. One day, I hope my pie looks more like this:
\"after.png\"<\/center>Of course I think the “After-people” part of UX work is important, and I’m pretty highly trained in that area, but I just don’t find it all that interesting. I really enjoy being part of the Design side of UX, as opposed to Evaluation. But that’s just me.<\/p>\n

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<\/em> think my pie looks like?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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