I s*ck at everything; but, I like to enjoy myself as much as possible. The differentiating factor is the difference between earned power and granted. I would never deem myself great at anything; but, in hindsight I blow doors off of the majority of people that I've had the pleasure of working with that claim "greatness" in one field. This observation guarantees ME that the metrics are out of balance, like a mismanaged check book. I have noticed in my field research the ones that think they are just so, so are usually the most talented and need to be protected because they are an endangered species.
I get it, I got it, I gave it, and I'm still giving it... On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Eugene Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, just wanted to put in my 2 cents... > > A person who can straddle the fence equally is the exception. We're > talking about expert knowledge in both, right? To expect this as the > norm seems unreasonable. > > Personally, I think I've done a pretty good job at keeping up with > my front-end coding and visual design skills to stay serviceable, but > to expect that products can be built around my code? No way. And to > think my design will be highly compelling to draw users in? I dream, > but I know my limitations. My company doesn't depend on me for those > things. > > Right now I'm great at thinking about the interactions and creating > the flows, wires, and specs to support them. That doesn't mean I > can't do the others, just that this is my primary role and skill. > > In the end, something will suffer and that's not just limited to > your professional skills. Everything requires time and there's only > so much of it. Seems pretty obvious to me. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=42068 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
