This document discusses the challenges faced by designers and developers and how they can work together effectively. It touches on how their jobs are difficult in different ways, issues that come up between the roles, and the importance of communication. Examples provided include dealing with clients, critiques, technical limitations, opinions from others and credit allocation. The need for understanding each other's perspectives and playing to strengths is emphasized for making the process work well into the future.

1. MY JOB IS HARDER THAN YOURS.
PERIOD

2. ME
MY
WIFE

3. Andrew
McClintock
Kathryn
McClintock &

6. Three things that make a
good presentation.

8. “You don't need a rope to
pinch a stranger's butt.”
— DR. PHIL MCGRAW

9. Show of hands?

10. 1. Letting off a little steam
2. Avoiding bigger issues
3. How we make it work
4. What the future holds

11. My job is harder than yours.
(Letting off a little steam)

12. I’m always under the gun.
Frontend

13. We can
do this!

14. SPRINT!

15. Clients are “some kind of special.”
Design

17. You get all the credit.
Frontend

18. Everyone has an opinion on design.
Design

19. Drupal doesn’t exactly make
things easier…
Frontend

20. Divitis

21. Photoshop is a dirty word. Shhhhh.
Design

22. Just Photoshop, eh?
Must be nice.
Frontend

23. Design critiques can hurt :(
Design

24. My job is harder than yours your job.
(Avoiding bigger issues)

25. “Well,
I did my part.”
“I am part of a
bigger picture.”

26. “Don’t tell me how
to do my job.”
“Tell me how my job
affects yours.”

27. “I’ve been doing it
this way forever.”
“A little change
goes a long way.”

28. Seven years, no itch.
(How we make it work)

29. Communication

30. Kickoff!

31. A‘Labs
War Room

32. CSS
Nightmare

33. She said
yes!

34. Demo
Days

35. Play to each other’s strengths.

37. “Much of a designer’s craft
lies in the details; if they are
forgotten or changed, the
designer’s time and effort will
be wasted.”
— CASSIE MCDANIEL
Two Cats In A Sack: Designer-Developer Discord
Smashing Magazine

41. Don’t try to solve every problem at once.

44. Be nice.

45. Where we’re going, where we’ve been
(What the future holds)

46. Questions?
Kathryn McClintock
Frontend Developer
@kccmcck
Andrew McClintock
Designer
@bigorangedrink