Embracing ambiguity in software with one of YouTube’s UX engineers (Ep. 429)

The home team sits down with Mattaniah Aytenfsu, a UX Engineer at YouTube, up-and-coming TikTok influencer, and creative technologist. They talk about our unfortunate tendency to divide kids into “science kids” and “art kids,” the difference between being a software engineer and a UX engineer, and why it’s important to be gracious with yourself when you lose focus on a project. The post Embracing ambiguity in software with one of YouTube’s UX engineers (Ep. 429) appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/04/01/embracing-ambiguity-in-software-with-one-of-youtubes-ux-engineers/

Created 3y | Apr 1, 2022, 5:20:39 AM


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