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Before Maxon i worked for over a decade as an IT tech, diagnosing and resolving customer problems. At Maxon i started as a tech support guy and later switched to leading QA, afterwards to UX Design. Trying to understand the problems of users and finding solutions that work for them is something i do since the 80s. Even my hobbies of making and upcycling are about solving problems for myself and other people. While i am in no way perfect in what i do you can safely assume that i do try to see issues from a users perspective, otherwise my job(s) would be impossible to do. While it can often look like i want to defend Maxon and Cinema 4D, which is not a wrong impression over all, you don't commit to a company and a product as long as i did without getting attached to it, my main aim is usually to explain why things are the way they are, so everyone involved can try to make the best of the situation. I am a very practically minded person and from my experience information is the main thing you need to solve issues, this goes both ways. Since i am not an executive i simply can't offer many of the solutions people expect to hear from me. I can try to point out workarounds and alternatives and i definitely try to include feedback i get from users in my UX Design work, but i can't change policies or modify development plans and i certainly can't announce any possible future changes that are being asked for.

Thanks Kent. It is true, i am very bad at sugarcoating. If i can't tell it as i know it, i prefer to not say anything. As for the "need" to be here, there are other things than my job that make me want to be active in the community. There is a lot of satisfaction i derive from seeing people making fantastic stuff with a tool i help creating.

I would like to point out that Srek doesn’t need to be here. He is not doing this as a MAXON representative. He is commenting here because he cares about C4D and the users. And I don’t consider any of his comments as being defensive. They are simply the truth. If it is too late in the timeframe to change a feature then that is how it is. If something is very difficult to implement then consider that as it is, ie it might take a very long time before you ever see that specific feature in C4D. Saying “I understand and will consider it again” means nothing and instead may give false hope and is more akin to lying than telling the truth. Keep up the good work Srek!

Well, in my opinion, Srek is doing a really good job on the forums, communicating with people, even on the difficult topics. And I write this, despite not always being of the same mind.

No, I joined the Greyscalegorilla team and am very busy working over there. I like to watch the MAXON Careers page to see what areas they are focusing on.