Graham Jenkin’s experiences in doing design at Google

An interesting read: http://grahamjenkin.com/blog/2011/10/getting-good-design-done-in-an-engineering-driven-company-google-wallet.html

“On Wallet, I rarely talked to an engineering manager without expressing my anxiety/excitement/desire to get the product shipped. ‘Look, I don’t care about blablabla, I just want to get the best product shipped as soon as possible.’ “

Also:

“By prototyping and presenting the user experience vision, and getting engineers excited about the prospect of building such a vision, we create the conditions for our vision to become reality. On the flip side, if a user experience is less than adequate, we can use our story-telling powers to raise anxiety about – and action on – the inadequacies.”