[freditup]

Here's the reason I said that: "No matter what I try, I can't make it look pretty. I realize I'm such a horrible artist/designer that no matter how much effort I put in, it's always going to be an ugly mess if I do the front end. So what I appreciate most is them making it look pretty. Other aspects of the jobs I can do better, so it's not quite as important to me to have someone else doing it. Perhaps it is a "lazy" attitude, but it's not a condescending one. :)

[chubot]

But that's not what front end devs do. Maybe you could say that's what designers do. Front end dev != designer.