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> the assumption that this literacy has to be applied to whatever the core product is that is being produced is suspect. I think what he's saying is that if yo
by Alex3917 10y ago
> the assumption that this literacy has to be applied to whatever the core product is that is being produced is suspect.
I think what he's saying is that if you're a designer and you don't want to be unemployed then you should learn to code. Whether or not you should actually write code for any given project is a separate question.
- jack_jennings 10y agoMy read was references to JavaScript (largely a codeword for web development, even if it can now be used in a larger context), and repeated references to building a product (which in context seemed to imply working directly on shipping code). The argument for designers learning web programming skills is more explictly made elsewhere, and I am picking up enough hints of the same here. In the end "you will need to code to do your job" is just not as hot of a statement, because this is broadly true in any industry.