Skills a Designer Must Have when Working for a Startup

Re:Skills a Designer Must Have when Working for a Startup by niekmaas on Thursday May 26, 2011 @06:00AM (#2587178)

The word "startup" has almost reached the status of buzzword. "Cloud based startup" would have been even better..

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Skills a Designer Must Have when Working for a Startup by stylejam on Thursday May 26, 2011 @03:14PM (#2589043)

One of the topics I cover the most there is the difference between startups and agencies/freelancing.

While startups tend to look at results (the ones that survive), agencies tend to look at the customer, at least most of them.

I actually believe that most designers coming from an agency would be eaten alive in a startup, along with their "photoshop skills". This people don't even know what UX means, never conducted a usability test (usability = I look at the website and say what I think), and definitely don't read HN.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Skills a Designer Must Have when Working for a Startup by ssharp on Thursday May 26, 2011 @10:58AM (#2587943)

The use of "startup" along Amazon Associate links with very little value-add makes this page seem spammy.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Skills a Designer Must Have when Working for a Startup by stylejam on Thursday May 26, 2011 @03:05PM (#2589015)

Hi, there are no Amazon Associate links: the only one Amazon Associate link I can think about is with Flanagan's book, and Mr. Flanagan is the associate, not me. I just thought removing it wouldn't have been polite.

When I could link the book's website, I did it.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Skills a Designer Must Have when Working for a Startup by ssharp on Thursday May 26, 2011 @08:31PM (#2589978)

My apologies, then. I probably moused-over the one link that did have the code.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Skills a Designer Must Have when Working for a Startup by stylejam on Thursday May 26, 2011 @09:39PM (#2590132)

No problem at all, it happens.

[ Parent | on HN ]