BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T020000 RDATE:20170312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20161229T203659Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171004T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171004T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20161229T203659Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170923T040533Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250471240 DESCRIPTION:CHIFOO presents "\;Coding is for Coders: Why Designers Sh ould Learn Business and What You Can Do About It"\; with Patrick Nee man\, icertis! \;\n \;\nMost designers may have heard something li ke\, "\;learn to code like your life depends on it.” While empathy f or the engineering process is important\, and that mythical designer / c oder may exist\, in general\, this advice is misguided. Bad for you\, ba d for your team\, bad for your organization\, and most importantly\, bad for your career. \;\n \;\nIn this talk\, Patrick will explain why you should not learn to code and instead focus on learning the in’s an out’s of business. He’ll cover: \;\n \;\n• Why learning about busi ness is a good idea for any user experience professional \;\n \;\n • Why most businesses secretly want designers to learn business \;\n& #13\;\n• What aspects of business are important to user experience \; \n \;\n• How you can take action to learn it in your organization \;\n \;\n• Where you can apply what you have learned to your current job\, and your future jobs \;\n \;\nAbout the Speaker \;\n \ ;\nPatrick Neeman (@usabilitycounts) (mostly) in Seattle\, Washington. H e is currently Sr. Director of User Experience at icertis. He was Direct or of Product Design at Apptio\, and Director of User Experience at Jobv ite. After a complete redesign of the application\, Jobvite received a W ebby award for employment\, and the Deloitte What Works award. \;\n&# 13\;\nCome join CHIFOO for our tenth speaker event for 2017's theme &quo t\;Thriving in Chaos: Strategies for Good Design"\;. \;\n \;\n http://bit.ly/2hRy9jc\n\nTags: computer\, ux\, human-computer interactio n forum oregon\, sw washington\, tech\, PNW tech\, hci\, community\, des ign practices\, presumptive design\, portland\, pdx\, chifoo\, user-expe rience\, thriving in chaos\, collaboration\, design\, teambuilding\n\nIm ported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250471240 URL:http://www.chifoo.org SUMMARY:CHIFOO Event: Coding is for Coders: Why Designers Should Learn Bu siness and What You Can Do About It LOCATION:New Relic: 111 Southwest 5th Avenue\, Suite 2700\, Portland OR 9 7204 US SEQUENCE:8 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR