D. Keith Robinson

UX Designer with ZERO experience.

Love this move and think there is something to this.

I have seen many cases where a talented, smart and driven person comes into a job with little or no experience and does very, very well. I’ve done it myself, a few times.

You have to find the right kind of person, to be sure, but User Experience seems like the perfect place for something like this. I wish ‘em luck and would love to see how it pans out.

Update: Looks like some folks seem to think Harvest is just being snarky and flipping the bird at the UX community because they’ve had bad experiences with UX pros. I’ve got no idea as to if that’s true or not. My point here is that sometimes experience doesn’t matter and I’ve seen a quite a few cases where a hungry, smart and hard-working person does a great job.

Update #2: In thinking about this more, it’s not really a problem with experience. I do believe that someone with little experience can do a great job and lend some quality perspective to a job. But, the more I think about it, the more I realize that’s not a problem for many experienced folks as well. What is a problem is complacency. Something that, presumably, someone inexperienced and hungry might be less inclined to have. In a way, they’re in the same boat they were before, they’ve just broadened their pool of people by adding in inexperienced folks. Regardless, it’s a good reminder to say sharp and not let years under your belt get you to slackin’.