Designers, Developers, and Unicorns, Oh My!
I realized that despite my insistence that people be conscientious about which words they choose, I had been lax with my labels in my last article.
A couple of weeks ago I published an article about how design and development are not orthogonal disciplines. That is to say, they are not mutually exclusive, and becoming more of a designer does not make you less of a developer, and vice versa. More importantly, the qualities and ways of thinking that make you a better developer also make you a better designer (the converse also being true).
The article hit the front page of Hacker News and if the 74 (mostly) thoughtful comments are anything to go by, this is a concept that many people are thinking about. Reading the discussion about the topic, I realized that despite my insistence that people be conscientious about which words they choose, I had been lax with my labels, and missed an important point about the level at which you can realistically practice both disciplines simultaneously.