UX designers are you not sick of being thought of as mock-up machines ? Can no longer stomach this design-as-a-service model in organizations that have no basic understanding of the entire function, HCI as a discipline or how to engage beyond 'I need a mock' mentality
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It's sad that in this industry a UX Designer has to have skills and knowledge in several areas, but a developer is hired without even being tested on some UX knowledge.
Because you are right. UX is often set up to operate as a service that is run by toothless leadership that doesnβt want to give up the bags of money theyβre being paid to do nothing while they pretend, both publicly and within the company, that theyβre doing highly strategic work.
I have had local success with just doing what I think makes sense and shifting my immediate team in the direction that I want to go in. But it requires work beyond focusing on getting designs ready for developers or organizing designers so that the PMs have a steady stream of wireframes coming in, and a lot of designers and design leaders, respectively, donβt want to do that.
If youβre interviewing, I suggest being really clear about what you want and how you view design in your interviews. Most people wonβt get it and will reject you, others wonβt get it but will say they do, and a tiny amount will get it and will want you on their team.