Nobody told me UI/UX design would feel like this.
Client wants one thing. User needs another. I build a third thing. Somewhere in that Venn diagram is my career.
Here's what 3 years of designing taught me that no course mentions:
The file is never done. It's either "final_FINAL_v3_USE_THIS_ONE" or it's a lie.
87% is the permanent state. Design Complete never hits 100%. There's always one more revision after "approved."
"The user is not always right" is true. But the designer still has to pretend. That's literally the job.
Good UX disappears. Nobody notices when it works. They only notice when it breaks. Which is also your fault somehow.
Error 404: Client's Brief Not Found is not an error message. It's a career stage.
I've been designing interfaces, systems, and experiences for brands that actually care about how their product feels not just how it looks.
If you're building something and your users are confused, frustrated, or just quietly leaving that's a UX problem. And that's fixable.
DM me or check the link. I don't bite. I do pixel-push, though.