[ProfessorLayton]

It’s worth noting that Design is a pretty broad term, and not a jpg department. There are various subsets of designers such as:

- UX Designer: How it functions

- Visual Designers: How it looks

- Interaction Designers: How it behaves

- Product Designers: Hybrid UX Designer, but with a focus on company goals, similar to a Product Manager.

Of course hyper specialization isn’t necessary in tiny startups, but it is for larger orgs. Similar to engineering, it isn’t necessarily feasible nor reasonable to have one person be an expert in every domain.

And if you do know someone who knows everything, they’ll also know they’re a unicorn and charge accordingly.

I do agree that familiarity with the tech stack is very useful, but beyond that I’d argue its best to let those focus on what they do best.

[jdelafargue]

> I do agree that familiarity with the tech stack is very useful, but beyond that I’d argue its best to let those focus on what they do best.

+1