I worked with some pretty dumb people who mocked me for years as the guy who couldn’t design a UI to save my life because the product I inherited was designed by someone in the 1990s. it wasn’t pretty but it was functional.
any time a UI request came in for the new product and I would try to take it, the PM would pull it and give it to someone else. “oh, their skillset is better suited for UI/UX.” I was told.
I got fed up with it and designed my online portfolio. used it to showcase my work and skills even documented my process from mockups to design iteration and final products.
I then posted on linkedin my new portfolio and listed myself as open to connect. within a day the PM made a point to pull up my portfolio on standup and asked me where I got the template. told them, “no template. as you can see in the documentation I designed it from scratch using HTML5 CSS3 and JavaScript. I also included the js packages I used.”
they were stunned and immediately started to shuffle some UI tickets my way. I just said, “sorry, my skillset is better served for backend requests.”
I quit two months later after a few interviews that seemed to go well. I hated that shithole.
moral of the story? don’t discourage people from taking on tasks they aren’t obviously suited for. they might just surprise you.
change of pace, mostly. I also like the challenge. when I’m not challenged at work I lose interest easily and can spiral into not doing my job. so it’s nice to break up a long running project with some new bugs or tasks that are unrelated.
I worked with some pretty dumb people who mocked me for years as the guy who couldn’t design a UI to save my life because the product I inherited was designed by someone in the 1990s. it wasn’t pretty but it was functional.
any time a UI request came in for the new product and I would try to take it, the PM would pull it and give it to someone else. “oh, their skillset is better suited for UI/UX.” I was told.
I got fed up with it and designed my online portfolio. used it to showcase my work and skills even documented my process from mockups to design iteration and final products.
I then posted on linkedin my new portfolio and listed myself as open to connect. within a day the PM made a point to pull up my portfolio on standup and asked me where I got the template. told them, “no template. as you can see in the documentation I designed it from scratch using HTML5 CSS3 and JavaScript. I also included the js packages I used.”
they were stunned and immediately started to shuffle some UI tickets my way. I just said, “sorry, my skillset is better served for backend requests.”
I quit two months later after a few interviews that seemed to go well. I hated that shithole.
moral of the story? don’t discourage people from taking on tasks they aren’t obviously suited for. they might just surprise you.
I agree with your final take, but why would you want to take frontend tickets if you can also do backend work?
Why not? Both needs skills to accomplish very well.
I’m not a frontend guy, but I like to mess with frontend stuff once in a while!
Flex is so fun!
Managing css masterfully is a skill in itself!
Raw spite. If you’re upset enough to build a whole LinkedIn profile, you’ve already mentally moved on to the next company.
With me too, my employer has to start worrying once I put my current position into my linkedin profile.
change of pace, mostly. I also like the challenge. when I’m not challenged at work I lose interest easily and can spiral into not doing my job. so it’s nice to break up a long running project with some new bugs or tasks that are unrelated.