[Sigia-l] programmers/designers

[Dwayne King]

Billie,
See though, I think the difference, at least to my understanding is  
that you are saying the "role" of programmer should not take on  
design and the "role" of designer should not take on programming. To  
that I agree 100% and I think it translates across the board (e.g.  
the role of designer shouldn't project manage). Obviously, that's  
perfect world stuff and sometimes you just have to jump in and do  
what needs to be done, but ideally there is role separation.

The catch to all of this is the spirit of the original post, which I  
understood to mean that  someone that is a designer has the inability  
to code and someone that is a coder has the inability to design. That  
I agree with roughly 0%.

Sincerely,
Dwayne

On Aug 16, 2005, at 5:19 PM, Billie Mandel wrote:

> The point isn't whether programmers can design or designers can  
> program.
> It's great for cooperation and efficiency when one team member has a
> deep understanding of what is needed to do the other's job.  As far as
> I'm concerned, though, the point is that on any given project, for the
> most part, programmers *shouldn't* design, and designers shouldn't
> program.  It's a division of labor that helps produce quality products
> (to me at least, and to the esteemed Messrs. Cooper and Reimann).
>
> It's just like writing and editing.  Writers can usually edit (and  
> often
> do so, professionally) and vice versa.  Does that mean I should be the
> editor for my own manual/novel/article?  Hell no.  My writing is best
> when I have that extra set of eyes, the questions, the collaboration.
> Does it help me if my editor also happens to be someone whom I respect
> as a writer? Absolutely.
>
> - Billie
>
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> Billie Mandel
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> Openwave Systems, Inc.
> billie.mandel at openwave.com
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