Interaction designer experience and thinking in the third day

April 11 to report, today is my third day to participate in the work. Just three days, let me see their own too many deficiencies, of course, have a lot of harvest. These points may be more finely broken, I will also use this "as an interactive designer for the first X days" as a title, sharing the design learning on the road.

　　"Business depth > breadth of business > Professional skills"

Business, or skill? This problem has been bothering me for a whole year. Before I go to work, I do a lot of small projects or design exercises, so it's almost impossible to have a chance to get to know and participate in business.

Last summer, when I came to the company internship found that more than 80% of daily energy is in the business: How to achieve user growth, how to do a good job shopping guide to improve conversion rate, how to reduce user complaints, even if it is such as heavy pages of simplification, interactive way of innovation or to seek visual breakthroughs, In essence, it is to achieve a business purpose.

So at first I was very puzzled, always thinking that if a person in a certain line of business go too deep, then can only do this direction and it is difficult to jump out to try other products. At that time the idea was very extreme, also very simple, it seems that five years experience of the electrical business shopping designers to do social networking, and may not be compared to a one-year social experience of the designer, that is, adaptability will become worse. Losing the possibility is a worry for young people, so I've been grappling with it. On the other hand, I have been very envious of those dribbble or station cool design reds, feel their works good beloveds dazzle, people yearning, think should spend more time to upgrade professional skills.

Slowly, always see a Design Master said, Hate dribbble, because design is never just a picture, an animation, this pompous style is boring. Internship Department Leader also repeatedly stressed that there is no business, design is a castle in the castles. Especially in the Internet industry, the design value that cannot solve the problem is very low. I am afraid that other than art, other designs have to consider what problems they have solved.

Yesterday, I had the privilege of chatting with a colleague of the design experience of the past ten years for one hours, the biggest achievement for me is to understand the business depth > Breadth > Professional skills. Of course, depth, breadth, professional skills these three are not mutually exclusive, there is no relationship between you and me, if a person has both depth and breadth, but also has a solid and superb design skills, nature is the best. It's just that time is limited and we have to make a choice.

As far as my position is concerned, the breadth of business and expertise are relatively passive. As interaction designers need to butt into different product managers, different requirements, different lines of business, so the breadth of the business is passively satisfied, even if you want to always in one direction, the team or supervisor will not allow; skills, because different requirements come over there will always be a variety of design requirements, where the need for animation where the need for gestures, Forced to learn unfamiliar skills, and even look around so many excellent designers, can also learn techniques, tools, many. But the depth of business is the need to actively learn through their own, in order to dig down.

The designer who just joined the job because of the business or the mode of work is not enough to understand, is always the product let you do what you do, or look at the auction goods how do I do. Maybe you will be a good performer, but it will also make you a real "screw", which is very dangerous.

The so-called depth is to understand the intentions behind the business, must understand:

What is the problem of a design solution?

What data can be promoted?

What is the way to improve this data?

What are the benefits of elevating data to a platform or group?

Is there a positive or negative impact on other businesses?

Can the impact of other business on itself be changed?

Why are other designs not good enough?

Is there a better design plan?

......

When each question mark is able to answer satisfactorily, only then gradually walks into the behind of the appearance.

In addition to work, more contact with the business side is also a way to improve the depth of the business. In particular, interactive design, in fact, no matter what position, each person has a certain foundation of the interactive ability, and they give you advice is often effective. After work, find a butt product manager or an engineer to chat for more than 10 20 minutes, can help you understand the causes and consequences of doing things, can also help the next decision.

　　"Remember to lay down your ego, because you have no qualifications."

The morning before yesterday the afternoon received a demand, it does not look too difficult and has a lot of predecessors of the matting, so I quickly put the output to do and submit. The process of the sister said no problem, product manager said very good, oneself also feel good. However, in the experience of the less speakers of research and Development has put forward a large number of comments and queries, even without saying that my design is very low. The first few minutes I was a little unconvinced, after all, the competition is similar to the practice, other brother and sister feel no problem, why this brother will feel low? But calm down and think carefully before discovering that the original really so many details are taken for granted. Competing products do so, then this must be the most reasonable solution? The foreshadowing of the predecessors must be correct? My design in the end how much optimization of space, can do better? So DMS thanked brother after I redo a version of the program-the page is more concise, the problem is also resolved more elegant.

This thing to me a deep feeling is that the mentality adjustment is still missing a lot.

Every time back home, the elders are all praised: Ah graduate students back, went to a good company, heard that the treatment is very good; ordinary writing articles to operate their own micro-group, but also always hear the generations of the younger generation intentionally or unintentionally touted: thunder God, learn from you ...

I think, people from small to large, too shun, and indeed not good. So before I came to the company, I said to myself, "Don't feel like you have any personal (actually not) or too much confidence in yourself." Of course, this change of mindset is really not so easy.

Just now in the circle of friends to see a colleague's article, titled "An Intern's confession: if back to college." Probably the meaning and I want to say very similar, is when you really embark on the job need to independently will find that the original self-confidence is full of their original so weak, not only knowledge is not enough, even the way of doing things also have a lot of room for improvement. However, I do not agree with what the colleague said to go back to school to do more preparation, because I think some things, the early to do how much preparation is not useful, only when they are really beaten face, trample on the pit, make mistakes, in order to improve. Also only see the side each person is better than oneself, has the experience, only then understands oneself to learn, to do how many.

So if you're working as well as I am, you have to remember to put your ego aside, because that's the title of the section because you're not qualified.

Of course, in contrast, the negative emotions of failure and frustration must be dealt with properly. In the face of mistakes can not be impatient, in the face of criticism can not be opinionated. After all, everyone here is worth my time to study hard.

　　"Solve problems, not create problems"

Perhaps because experience is not enough, I often do not know the design of the idea, such as a requirement will do two or three design (each difference is not too big), and then swing. At this time, I always want to take them to consult colleagues, ask them which is good? This thing said good point called brainstorming, called small-scale user research, said the bad point is that they have no ideas, professional ability is not in place. This is especially bad when it comes to explaining a design plan to a business or reporting to a leader, because instead of proposing a perfect problem solution, I have thrown out a lot of other problems.

When the demand is in hand, my task is to properly solve the problem, and then give a "unique, fully interpreted" design. Of course, the plan may face unexpected challenges, but at least you can't doubt it before you come up with a plan.

This thing I have been doing is not very good, or the previous design when I was too tolerant of themselves. From tomorrow onwards, I will minimize this kind of situation, I would rather make a plan to be challenged and then learn from it, also can not always take a few plans to seek other people's opinions.

Refueling:)

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