We Don’t Need More Designers Who Can Code

Medium, 2014: "To say that we need designers who can code misrepresents the underlying issue...Saying designers should code creates a sense that we should all be pushing commits to production environments. Or that design teams and development teams are somehow destined to merge into one team of superhuman, full-stack internet monsters.
Let’s get real here. Design and development (both front end and back end) are highly specialized professions.

Medium, 2014: "To say that we need designers who can code misrepresents the underlying issue...Saying designers should code creates a sense that we should all be pushing commits to production environments. Or that design teams and development teams are somehow destined to merge into one team of superhuman, full-stack internet monsters.
Let’s get real here. Design and development (both front end and back end) are highly specialized professions.