Re:Programming is Product Design
by wccrawford on Thursday September 01, 2011 @10:55AM
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"A programmer who does not design and illustrate is not programming for humans, but practicing at mathematics."
And it is -AWESOME-.
I've always envied people who can draw and design. It simply isn't one of my talents and I quit apologizing for it a while back. Instead, ask me to program your back end... It'll be amazing. Or even ask me to work with your designer. We'll all be happy.
But don't expect me to also do design for the same price as specializing in programming. The people who can do that are 'rock stars' and get paid as such.
If you think otherwise, what you've been hiring are designers who can do some coding... Just enough coding to get by. It's not visible to you because you're not looking at the code.
And it is -AWESOME-.
I've always envied people who can draw and design. It simply isn't one of my talents and I quit apologizing for it a while back. Instead, ask me to program your back end... It'll be amazing. Or even ask me to work with your designer. We'll all be happy.
But don't expect me to also do design for the same price as specializing in programming. The people who can do that are 'rock stars' and get paid as such.
If you think otherwise, what you've been hiring are designers who can do some coding... Just enough coding to get by. It's not visible to you because you're not looking at the code.