No, a good developer needs to anticipate the needs of the user. The ones they didn't even imagine. And then fix the system and take out all the garbage.
Maybe, the correct approach is not 'predict everything' and not 'have users tell you what they need', but something more akin to:
1. have defaults
2. have ways to change defaults
3. have dev actually have an interest in the actual workflow, because while you can anticipate a lot, real use case will carry the day
I played with a 'sound editing software via prompt' the other day, and there was still crazy how much distance there was between 'what i think i want' vs 'what i actually apparently want'.
ONLY a narcissist? Are you sure? Do you... perhaps... always consider yourself sure?
What about maybe like, a developer who actually talks constantly to their users and spends half the day emailing with them 7 days a week? Would that person maybe not be a narcissist and still be in touch with what their users need? Maybe even capable of anticipating a majority of their needs?
No, a good developer needs to anticipate the needs of the user. The ones they didn't even imagine. And then fix the system and take out all the garbage.
Maybe, the correct approach is not 'predict everything' and not 'have users tell you what they need', but something more akin to:
1. have defaults 2. have ways to change defaults 3. have dev actually have an interest in the actual workflow, because while you can anticipate a lot, real use case will carry the day
I played with a 'sound editing software via prompt' the other day, and there was still crazy how much distance there was between 'what i think i want' vs 'what i actually apparently want'.
Only a narcisist thinks he can adequately anticipate all needs of the user.
ONLY a narcissist? Are you sure? Do you... perhaps... always consider yourself sure?
What about maybe like, a developer who actually talks constantly to their users and spends half the day emailing with them 7 days a week? Would that person maybe not be a narcissist and still be in touch with what their users need? Maybe even capable of anticipating a majority of their needs?