For the most part, I do embedded programming, but there have been a few times I've had to do something in C# for a Win32 application with a GUI. And yeah, the artistry part is the hardest/most time consuming. Last one I did, oh is it gorgeous looking for an industrial application, but I had that shit projected onto a 12-foot screen to see it better, and I was up there with the ruler then moving things one pixel to the left.. one to the right... nope still looks fucked up... arghh!!
I feel your pain. I'm in developer tools making minute adjustments to line heights. Font size and colors for sometimes hours.
Which is typically unpaid. But if I don't get oohhs and ahhs from clients it doesn't matter how great the app is
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