Why Is UX Director the Most Miserable Job in Tech? Peter Merholz
Designers once decided what to build. Now they are told what to "draw."
Brian and Eve sit down with Peter Merholz, co-founder of Adaptive Path, co-author of Org Design for Design Orgs, and co-host of the Finding Our Way podcast, to open a case the industry keeps arguing about and never closes: what happened to design?
Five questions drive the investigation. What happened to "Big D" design, and who turned a strategic discipline into production support? Where did designers' verve go? Why is the UX Director so often the hardest seat in tech? What happens to the design role when anyone can do any…
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