[Tabular-Iceberg]

It's not so much that designing isn't work. Arguably it's much harder work than writing HTML and CSS.

The problem is that a lot of that work is wasted when all you produce is an example image. A lot of important design decisions, like tracking and leading, doesn't show well in a PNG. I'm not saying all designers should know and deliver their designs in HTML and CSS. In fact it's probably better if they don't and instead focus on designing. But I do expect them to effectively communicating their design decisions in a way that makes them implementable in HTML and CSS by reasonable people.

Chucking a PNG over the fence and calling it a day is just lazy and unprofessional.

[lolinder]

Agreed on PNGs, but the original poster that the parent was replying to was even complaining about designers who give them HTML and CSS, because the HTML/CSS is auto-generated and isn't production-ready. They expected to hire a frontend developer who is also a good designer. The parent's point is that this is unreasonable: they're separate jobs and completely separate skillsets. (Not that such people don't exist, it's just not the norm.)

[hallomisky]

Yes, that makes sense. A design delivered in e.g. figma format, which allows you to see measurements, colours, etc., would be the preferred outcome.