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I quite agree with the suggestion that a startup be founded with a designer. IMO, founding engineers should ideally be able to wear product and design hats, but
by koko775 16y ago
I quite agree with the suggestion that a startup be founded with a designer. IMO, founding engineers should ideally be able to wear product and design hats, but a dedicated designer probably doesn't probably doesn't make sense in all cases.
As TamDenholm said below (paraphrased), design is important, but no engineering == no product.
- trustfundbaby 16y agowell said ... a designer isn't going to be utilized 24/7 in my mind but the engineers will. I'd be curious to find out how a company like 37signals keeps its designers completely occupied though.
- steveklabnik 16y agoThey operate in teams of one designer, two developers: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2099-2010-the-year-of-the-products-a-new-way-of-working http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2099-2010-the-year-of-the-pro...
- trustfundbaby 16y agoI understand that, I was just wondering how they find enough stuff for them to do everyday, I'm a little ignorant about how you would keep a designer occupied full time working on just one product.
- iaskwhy 16y agoMuch like programming, design is never finished. I can imagine a designer working full time on improving the experience of an application like Basecamp. Even more if the designer works on stuff like SEO, analytics, A/B tests, etc.
- yosho 16y agoJust like how there are a million lines of code that could be improved, there are always a million design tweaks that can happen. Nothing is ever perfect the first time. As a designer, I often have just as much work as the engineer. I also implement a lot of the front end including css, html, and JS so it's not just pure photoshop.