Hi all, At the start-up where I work, we've been trying to find and hire a UI designer but it's proving to be rather challenging. We are using Scrum for our Agile development and I'm looking to hire someone to do pair programming with. (I'm a Java developer with rudimentary HTML/CSS skills so I need someone with excellent HTML/CSS skills and rudimentary Java skills.) None of us knows much about UI design so we're struggling a bit trying to identify the right person.
Given the above, part of the process is for me to actually work for up to an hour with the candidate to see how they work and to see if we can get along. I basically ask the candidate to write the HTML and CSS for something like a login screen (i.e. something really simple). This has proven a major stumbling block which surprised me because even *I* can do that (and I am *not* good at front end stuff). My colleagues suggested that perhaps front end people only use tools? I.e. nobody actually writes HTML by hand anymore? I'd really like to know your opinion of our process. Would you expect a decent UI person to be able to write (simple) HTML/CSS from scratch (with an editor that supports code completion for HTML/CSS)? How would you go about identifying a capable designer? (Please note that we also discuss some design problems we're facing and ask the candidate for opinions and ideas. The candidate can draw on paper or on a white board. It's not just "write me some HTML".) Cheers, Hilco ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
