I’m debating whether or not to share this with a young man I just met. He recently graduated from uni with a degree in HCI.
Would it help if he were forewarned and forearmed with these valuable insights? Or would it make him think “I chose this wrong profession?”
As for myself, waiting on the sidelines, considering myriad personal futures, reading your missive gave me terrible flashbacks. Everything you wrote is 100% true.
The Lucy and the Football trope*?comes to mind when MVP is mentioned. “We know the product falls far short of what user research tells us they want. But don’t worry we’ll address these issues after launch.”
* A recurring skit from the Peanuts cartoon. Lucy would hold a football up for Linus to kick but would yank it away at the last second, causing him to flip over. She’s laugh and he’d lay there wondering why he (literally) fell for her trick again.
My vote would be to share it, and talk it through with them. Some of these truths are only evident once you get into the field, so knowing what to expect before fully entering is helpful more often than not.
I’m debating whether or not to share this with a young man I just met. He recently graduated from uni with a degree in HCI.
Would it help if he were forewarned and forearmed with these valuable insights? Or would it make him think “I chose this wrong profession?”
As for myself, waiting on the sidelines, considering myriad personal futures, reading your missive gave me terrible flashbacks. Everything you wrote is 100% true.
The Lucy and the Football trope*?comes to mind when MVP is mentioned. “We know the product falls far short of what user research tells us they want. But don’t worry we’ll address these issues after launch.”
* A recurring skit from the Peanuts cartoon. Lucy would hold a football up for Linus to kick but would yank it away at the last second, causing him to flip over. She’s laugh and he’d lay there wondering why he (literally) fell for her trick again.
My vote would be to share it, and talk it through with them. Some of these truths are only evident once you get into the field, so knowing what to expect before fully entering is helpful more often than not.