7 Successful Habits of Designers & Developers Who Actually Like Each Other

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@cassiemc cassiemcdaniel.com 7 Successful Habits of Designers & Developers Who Actually Like Each Other

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designer developer coders-survey.com, 2012 what are you? 11% 38% 50% both designer & developer

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Hybrids, who have one foot in each discipline, beg the question of whether we need to get along better or simply become more like each other. “ ” bit.ly/twocatsinasack

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1. work transparently

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startup ad agency 6 employees freelance just me tech company 100s of employees boutique agency 30 employees healthcare 15-100 employees 50 employees

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Transparency is a really good way to make people understand what kind and how much work a group is doing. “ ” – bobby richter

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bug tracker 2 week sprints wiki irc vidyo etherpad email closed meetings

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2. ﬁnd the same page

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everyone accounted for

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audience problem success

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audience

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ask questions

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Groups of people that are naturally inclined to share & respect each other usually just have a common goal that's too looming and important to not use everybody's skill. “ ” – bobby richter

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3. clear the way

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demolish roadblocks

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document the scope of work

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4. share your screen

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pair-programming

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I think the biggest key to good designer- developer relationships is that the people involved view each other as creative partners rather than resources to hand-off work to. “ ” – atul varma

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pair-creating

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5. reviews

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it is impossible to ignore the reviewer when he or she is sitting right next to you. “ ”

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ILLUSTRATION: KEVIN CORNELL

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6. always be mentoring

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students don't know where to ask (irc, bug, email, ???) and if they try the one thing they know how to do and it fails, they can give up. Pay attention to new people on all your channels. do your reviews fast; prioritize contributor reviews. draw them out on irc, comment on their blogs, check in on bug comments. Quiet means you're losing them. reassure them that they're doing OK, tell them not to give up, be encouraging. make it okay for non-experts to be here. be [extra] friendly. ﬁle bugs with lots of details you're not ﬁling a bug for colleagues. give more context. blog, tweet, or otherwise recognize their work/presence

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I feel the role of UX is always downplayed. “ ” – nadine lessio There's a common misperception that devs are not creative. – simon lindsay