Can't decide if the writer is trolling for traffic or not. It's clear SOME programmers should take an interest given the number of awful GUIs we see on desktop,

Can't decide if the writer is trolling for traffic or not. It's clear SOME programmers should take an interest given the number of awful GUIs we see on desktop, web and mobile apps but not all "programmers" need to have anything to do with an interface so, as yinrunning said, training to understand design would just dilute their ability to learn what they need to know. As a professional developer I enjoyed the front-end stuff for a while but quickly learned I preferred providing a framework for the more visual people and get on with the back-end stuff which I guess Wade considers maths. So, as a question to anyone; what do we think about designers who have no ability to code or, even worse, ability to design with sympathy for the technology they're using?