Throughout this final chapter, we dug deep into the responsibilities that HCI designers now take on and looked at the skills you have gained in HCI. The skills and tools used by small and large teams are the reason why HCI is such a vibrant space, but you also need to pay diligent attention to solutions and the impact your software can have on a community, society, and the globe. Software creation is an awesome responsibility that you should not just stop studying now that you have completed this final chapter. Since you will be taking the skills and ideas exposed in this book into the world and into the undefined future, I hope you will be able to faithfully apply your HCI skills, not just in your job but in the wider world.
In this book, we started by getting into some skills and activities that are foundational to HCI thinking. The book covered three key pillars:
- HCI skills, theory, and historical context
- HCI activities and practical challenges
- HCI community resources and...