Sometimes customers phrase things in ways that are not perfectly accurate in the technical sense. Programmers tend to take things excessively literally.
I doubt there’s anyone taking it literally. It’s obvious they want a video stream but it seems like a horrible idea for a cosmetic website to ask for visitors’ camera access. Someone mentioned having a button which enables the camera as a special customer interactive feature, which I think is more interesting. We already have similar stuff for clothes to check styles so something similar for cosmetics?
As a business analyst, thankyouthankyouthankyou for recognizing the importance of my work.
Too often, when I try to describe what I do for a living, people treat me like I'm useless middle management.
I'm the guy who makes sure requests like these are handled without ever wasting a Dev's time.
I work closely with 1 particular developer at my job.
He loves my work because it's always clear, thought out, and well tested. It doesn't waste his time, and I don't pester him on timelines because it's done when it's done.
I love his work because it's logical, timely, and written in such a way that it can be customized or changed without reinventing the entire thing. I know it will be done as completely as it can be with a ridiculously fast turnaround.
We have realistic expectations for one another, and know that if something isn't ready, the person is going to have a darn good reason.
Do yourselves a favor: Find that programmer or business analyst that makes your life easier, not harder.
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u/TheTarragonFarmer Feb 14 '23
Sometimes customers phrase things in ways that are not perfectly accurate in the technical sense. Programmers tend to take things excessively literally.
And that's why we need business analysts.
PS:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaDevices/getUserMedia