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Designers are expected to operate on engineer’s terms. A friend of mine was asked to join a project, and when he asked the founder what he would do when the two of them disagree, the founder responded, “Oh, we’ll A/B test to see which idea makes more sense.” If you don’t see why that isn’t a problem, do a bit of research on the problem with local maximas (http://52weeksofux.com/post/6945…). I’m not arguing that you should not be metrics-based, but that you need to use metrics intelligently, and a designer needs the freedom and organizational structure to practice their flavor of design with thought and care.
