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UX and UI aren't always the same thing. For example, you can a very pretty looking button - that's good UI. However, if no one knows what happens if they press the button before they've pressed it, that's bad UX.

It is extremely rare to find someone who can make good UX right off the bat for a new problem, so I would say that a UX expert is someone who can iterate efficiently and constantly improve user experience (and, indirectly, business metrics) and a UI expert is someone who can make things look exactly like they were supposed to (in their heads or their clients' heads or in the mockups).




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