To summarize, we discussed how HCI skills are valuable to a team and why we evangelize the value of human-centered design to every team member. The opportunities that teams small and large get is why HCI is a vibrant space and your practice of caring about the users and sharing that goal with your current team or a team you are looking to join is key to growing your HCI skills, but equally to demonstrating your value to users.
As we get approach the end of the book, and you prepare yourself to take these conversations and skills into the world, it is important to remember that you are part of a community and will join a team of designers. If you think about it, it is kind of remarkable that great solutions are designed by hundreds of people. The ability to share ideas and solutions and scale them around the globe is an opportunity, but also a challenge for you to continue to educate yourself and your team over time. As you grow your skills and extend them to your fellow team...