[foldr]

My pet peeve with the Figma drivers is that they tend to think of design as a 'phase' that happens before engineering. So as an engineer you are asked to implement a bunch of painstakingly laid out user interfaces that have never actually been used to do any work. IMO it's essentially impossible to design a good interface without feedback obtained from using it. Designers would be way more useful if they'd partner with engineers throughout the development process. But there seems to be huge cultural resistance to this mode of working. In fairness, a lot of business processes make more sense if you assume that having to talk to an engineer is one of the worst possible outcomes.

[collingreen]

Nice, sequential flow charts are easy to understand and pitch and they also make it nice for the folks at the front to say they did their part and any issues are now someone else's fault.

When people try to diagram the actual process (closer to what you're talking about) it's just a giant circle (or "double diamond" for folks charging money for powerpoints) which isn't a tool that makes management feel easier or "on track".

[shermantanktop]

Worrying about how managers are feeling, what vibe they are into now, how they might misinterpret something they heard-it’s exhausting.