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César Chávez

What do you think a Design Engineer does?

Itay Dreyfus
Replying to @cchavez

We just brought back the "designer should code" discourse after a hiatus

César Chávez
Replying to @itaydr

The "designer should code" with a different label, that's right 😦

Brent Neave
Replying to @cchavez @itaydr

This always struck me as an odd debate. Should? What about like, designers can code, if they want, and they find it helpful or interesting.

jedmund
Replying to @brentneave @cchavez @itaydr

It doesn't mean you _have_ to, but that's a personal choice. I'd almost always hire a designer with weaker visual skills but an understanding of how products are built than a rockstar visual designer without that understanding.

Olia Gozha
Replying to @jedmund @brentneave +2 others

Leaning toward that as well. Visual design and product design are so different in many ways. Knowing how things are built from dev perspective is such an advantage for a designer in interfaces and websites

Brent Neave
Replying to @jedmund @cchavez @itaydr

Agree. At least a passing understanding of the material you’re working with goes a long way.