UX Design

UX stands for User Experience. And Software Designers have included it in their Toolkit.

One thing I see, as I look around me - is that the Young are not interested in helping the Old. They do not want to Work, they only want to Play.

I know a young man who worked last summer in Alaska for a Rafting company. The customers were old, retired people who did not want to paddle their raft - as younger people do. So the rafts this company used had a metal frame, and he sat in the middle with two long oars, and did all the steering himself. The scenery was fantastic, wild animals were everywhere - and the customers enjoyed their trip.

Their User Experience was excellent - and he got in fantastic shape, from all the exercise. He did not make enough money to support a family, but he did not want to - he was having fun, and that was all he was interested in. This is one young fellow, who is doing alright - for now.

But what about the rest? What kind of jobs can they have? I can see one area with plenty of high-paying jobs - Software. And one part of that, that interests me - the User - that is practically everyone, in today's world.

I am reading UX for Beginners - that does an excellent job of explaining this. Software Designers are unusual - they want to tell everyone what they are doing - and even help others make lots of money, doing what they do.

Can you imagine!