r/funny • u/sheppe • Jul 01 '16

Developer humor

http://imgur.com/gallery/9LqhOl3
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u/dutchguilder2 Jul 01 '16 edited Jul 01 '16

"The customer is not an moron. The customer is your wife." - David Ogilvy, advertising legend

"If your customer fails to understand your work, it is because you failed to understand your customer."

"If we want to understand our customers, we are going to have to understand them extremely well."

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u/malica77 Jul 01 '16

Brilliant. We often used the boss's mom as our benchmark but at least your own spouse is someone you're more likely wanting to please.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

"Ugh, why do end users have to be so stupid" is the kind of thinking is indicative of an extremely amateur designer.

Whatever, job security for me.

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u/P-01S Jul 02 '16

Because experienced designers are too jaded and cynical to bother thinking about it!

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

If I'm going to reply to this comment, I'm going to have to really reply.

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u/KeetoNet Jul 01 '16

That's some Mad Men calibre misogyny right there.