I saw this headline on a post from Jason Fried at 37Signals, and it made a lot of sense to me. Here’s a bit of the post:
[W]hat I really do most of the time is trim, tuck, iron, cut, press, and fit.
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My team is incredible. I don?€™t need to tell them what to do. If there was a fantasy software league, I wouldn?€™t trade my team for anyone.
But there are times during the development and design process where the things we make just don?€™t fit as well as they could. That sentence could be slimmed down. That design element could be trimmed off. We could cut a step out of that process. And the overall experience could use a good press to iron out any stubborn wrinkles.
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Some people may call this process editing, but I think it?€™s more akin to tailoring. So that?€™s how I?€™m going to explain my job from now on.
There’s something about the word “tailor” that I’m not a fan of, and I don’t actually think it will help me explain my job.
But it’s still cool to see someone who does basically the same thing talk about it like this.