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Re:YC Hackathon without writing code by MIKarlsen on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:06PM (#18233269)
I don't throw language like this around a lot, but this was actually very inspiring to me.

I'm currently between jobs, and have a hard time figuring out what direction I want to go (and CAN go).

I see myself as a generalist with above-average it-competencies, but I'm not familiar enough with design to be a designer, nor skilled enough with programming to be a developer.

The past few months, I've been thinking that going the designer route might be the smarter career choice for me, as it is an area I have dabbled in before (both professionally and through education). Programming seems to hard a game to play catch-up in.

It seems like learning a visual framework like this would be an efficient way for a designer to create value for the business, both because it's fast, but also because it reduces the workload on the IT-team. I'm wondering if it would be a better idea to master a tool like this, and focus on design-related learning, that it is learning to program almost from scratch (even though it is the better choice in the long run i suppose).

Re:YC Hackathon without writing code by Nilef on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @06:05PM (#18233704)
Tons of tools like Webflow in this space - check out nocode.tech

There's a real need in the market for designers who can work better with developers and produce faster - tools like Zeplin.io are key here - Maybe thats where you position yourself?

Re:YC Hackathon without writing code by MIKarlsen on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @04:02AM (#18237066)
Thank you for the heads up. I'll check those tools out.