[DrewADesign]

Conversely, many of the developers I came across in design firms were cargo cult coders who got jobs because they very confidently presented their mediocre-at-best development capabilities as plausible to non-technical people. In fact, they likely didn't even know they weren't great because they generally completed the simple tasks they were given and the people evaluating their work knew less than they did. Not knowing enough to a hire and direct qualified staff is a management problem, not a problem with the field.

TBH, the overwhelming majority of developers assume they know a lot more about UI, UX and visual design work than they actually do... I'm continually shocked by how many think bringing in a UX person to add visual polish to an otherwise complete product in any way makes sense. In software dev environments, they necessarily have a lot of say in who gets hired. If you're not clear on who does what in the design business, you get people with shiny portfolios of app UI screens assembled in Photoshop to do your "UX" if there's enough time and budget left for the "extra" sprint.

[sizzle]

Thanks for saying what needed to be said and the elephant in the room. I see this arrogance in boot camp coders often.