I'm a coder and a designer. Been doing both for 40 years. Since when design was all analog and coding was machine language and c language. To do what I did wa

I'm a coder and a designer. Been doing both for 40 years. Since when design was all analog and coding was machine language and c language. To do what I did was necessary at the time. But it was not always a great idea. While it's very, very useful to have feet in both disciplines, I try to segregate the two activities as much as possible. A coding mindset is not really good for design and visa versa. If I'm worrying about implementation that can hamper coming up with good visual solutions. If I'm worrying about what it looks like I may be missing something in the code. These days I try and focus on one or the other for a project. If I have to be involved in both, I try to find someone to check my work. Each discipline is hard enough as it is. Having said all that, it _is_ nice to be able to talk to both coders and designers and to know when they are bullshitting me about something. Being able to code a little and design a little would probably be a very good characteristic for a manager. At least for certain size projects.