Another big issue: Respect. If you don't respect the design process, or designers, don't ever expect to hire a good designer. If you've noticed that most desig

Another big issue: Respect. If you don't respect the design process, or designers, don't ever expect to hire a good designer. If you've noticed that most designers are either not good, or flaky, chances are the problem is you and not the designers. Topics to avoid: How engineers contribute to the valuation of a company but everyone else detracts, how great 99 designs is, how HTML/CSS is "for people who can't program," and my favorite: How easy design is, and how you're only hiring because you don't personally have time for it. When you say stuff like this, it's not really professional for us to get loud and try to correct you. It's also not really professional for us to slowly back away, and then run full speed as soon as you turn your head. But that's what we end up doing.