• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    How to handle

    1. Say outside of my familiarity as it’s not my skill set.

    2. Suggest bringing it to a designer

    3. If they push for it, elevate it to a higher up. Your boss is paying you to code, not to Photoshop. And if they’re so stupid to not defend you, you have bigger problems.

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      4: Do a deliberately bad job and take your time doing it

      5: Get recognized as a master of post-minimalist design, placed in charge of department

      • Pennomi@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago
        1. Do it anyway because it’s a delightful distraction from your normal work
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          Yeah, I’d be all over something like this. I’d document that I was being asked to do something outside of my wheelhouse, of course, if my boss wants me to spend my time on this then that’s on him. But I wouldn’t object, sounds like a fun activity.

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        Launch an entire design movement among developers, developer-managers, and PM that runs in the face of every good idea from design with horrible consequences.

        It becomes incredibly popular.