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Raghav Agrawal @impactology@mastodon.social

8/29/2025, 5:22:19 PM

Public

Lead to job posts like the former displacing the latter

Two job postings displayed vertically with clear separation.

The first posting has a light gray header with a folder icon and reads "Actual Timeline — Usability Engineer (1985)". Below are sections for Company (IBM Human Factors Group), Position (Usability Engineer), and Description explaining the role involves evaluating user interaction with business software using cognitive psychology principles.

The Responsibilities section lists four bullet points about conducting studies, applying modeling techniques, running experiments, and producing guidelines.

The Qualifications section has three bullet points covering required background in psychology, statistical methods, and lab study experience.

The Goal section states: "Make existing computer systems easier to use."

Below this, separated by white space, is the second posting with a brown header and folder icon reading "Alternate Timeline — Augmentability Designer (1985)". It follows the same structural layout with Company (Xerox PARC Media Systems Lab), Position (Augmentability Designer), and Description about inventing new ways humans can think and create through computing.

Its Responsibilities section has four bullet points about prototyping devices, exploring collaborative systems, designing learning environments, and collaborating across disciplines.

The Qualifications section lists three requirements including background in computer graphics, prototyping abilities, and imagination for societal change.

Raghav Agrawal @impactology@mastodon.social

8/29/2025, 5:22:56 PM

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The Usability Engineer became the ancestor of today’s UX researcher/designer.

The Augmentability Designer could have become the ancestor of a profession that looks more like Bret Victor, Ink & Switch, Andy Matuschak, or the “tools for thought” community today.

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