Do you need to code to be a designer
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- mg331
10 years ago or so it was so much easier; the languages for web design specifically were so much more limited than they are today. I think I speak for those of us who got into this stuff before/around 2000 and a few years on from there, how lucky we are to have started out simple.
The amount of stuff out there these days can be overwhelming, especially with CSS where seems like every month there's some new service or tool to simplify CSS by putting certain controls in other sets of code (LESS, etc). I can't figure it out, really don't care, and definitely don't have the time. The irony is, to me, you get a more effective, manageable approach that requires learning something completely new, and managing separate sets of code.
As a UX architect/designer, my knowledge of coding is definitely a huge plus. I can't imagine not being able to talk to devs in meetings or in an agile team. I've got a good understanding of database technology, backend code, limitations, etc. etc. My job would be hard if I didn't understand all that stuff, or at least relate to it.
- And those frameworks and tools change, and go out of style all the time. I'm tired of learning them.ETM