This is everything I hate about being a digital designer, for now.

This is an angry list complied after working for only 7 years as a UX designer, interaction designer, product designer and who knows what I’ll be called in a couple of years.

That’s me being angry, and those are my cats. One has a white dot on her tail.

I hate it when everything needs to be dialed back because of technical constraints. Feels like constantly driving with the handbrake on.

I hate how most people try to use fancy words for describing basic things.

I hate how we create generic solutions, but have specific target users.

I hate it when people come up with a single solution to a problem and can’t move away from it.

I hate how we need to figure out navigation for every new product.

I hate how everyone looks at the same 5–10 apps to decide how to build their own flows.

I hate it when I get comments in Figma, 5 minutes before leaving. Now I’m going to think about this all the way home.

I hate it when people don’t check prototype interactions. “So..where is this screen supposed to lead?”

I hate when peoplle provide feedback for the sake of making themselves heard.

I hate legal words. Who the fuck reads about “right of withdrawal” ?

Feeling better already

I hate it when people reject input in their field of expertise, but they treat designs as something anybody can do. “Perhaps if we add more text…”

I hate it when people don’t read meeting agendas or documentation. Of course, let’s spend a third of the meeting by reading stuff you were supposed to know anyway.

I hate it when people are surprised by plans I mentioned a loooot of times. “I didn’t know we were doing this”

I hate it when I get feedback 5 months into a 6 month project.

I hate that people work in tech, but have no clue how to set their monitor settings.

I hate it when leaders can’t decide on anything.

I hate it when people ask for final designs.

I hate it when tracking is messy and I can’t draw any conclusion.

I hate it when Android and iOS do their own thing.

I hate it when people come up with a single solution to a problem and can’t move away from it.

I hate it when the first thing to compromise on is the user experience.

I hate it when people discard qualitative studies due to low numbers. That was not the point.

I hate it when people are treated like resources and team dynamics mean nothing to management.

I hate edge cases.

I hate many design influencers and their repetitive basic content talking about portfolio design, heuristics and design books.

Almost done now…

I hate generic advice.

I hate that I most of my sentences start with “I think…” “I guess..” “Maybe…”

I hate Auto layout, from the bottom of my heart. It’s really useful though.

I hate open offices that look like a cheap stock photo.

I hate how people question design, but not the technical constraints and business context that shaped it.

I hate that design is a recommendation, never a driver; and I will probably never experience that in my life.

I hate when regular native features are called innovative, e.g. live activities, or anything wearable.