Am I nuts?
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@NONEIS: You're right in most regards. I'm smart enough to pick my battles. But at the same time, I was hired with the mind-set that I would be working towards the position left open when the Interactive Director quit.
That said, I am aware that the client has not given any direction on this, and that when I started this, I was told, "You have free reign on this site."
Micro-managing my information design choices does not exactly scream free reign to me. Have I over-reacted? Possibly, but I don't really think I have.
In the end, it wasn't about feeling right necessarily, or even fighting for a good portfolio piece. What it all comes down to for me is being told to do XYZ by someone who has very very little interaction/UI design experience on a website, and even less experience with interactive as a whole.
I'm supposed to affect change for the better here in the interactive realm. How can I be expected to do that when my process, workflow, design and development strategies are being muddied up by the wrong people. If I had a seasoned supervisor with years of interactive experience under his belt telling me to make this change, it would be a lot easier to swallow.
Then again, if I had that person above me, I highly doubt this is the kind of recommendation they would make.
Thanks again to everyone for their input.
- So if you respected your boss you would implement bad design? Ego mucho :DNONEIS
- jk, I just feel like you presented a line of reasoning for a quit, maybe that's your best option.NONEIS
- Or you could try the honesty route, have you really vented everything here, to the "man"?NONEIS
- Yes. He's the kind of person who says, "My way or the highway." Unfortunately no one told me in my interview, BUTnoRBG
- everyone hates it here. They stay cause they are either over 45, or have no other options.noRBG