Allthough I give this guy a credit for praising often neglected designers, he is in no way entitled to bash on engineers and say that they are less valuable. A

Allthough I give this guy a credit for praising often neglected designers, he is in no way entitled to bash on engineers and say that they are less valuable. A good design might attract the user on the first, but if the backend sucks; adios muchacos. I have a feeling that he doesn't understand that to be a truly great designer, one has to have a great knowledge of the backend programming as well. Design borders dont end at the front. They strech deeply into all the lines of code. And for a product to work nad become great, designers must become engineers and vice versa so that they both get best of both worlds. I suggest the author to look more into 37signals, and how theyre designers operate. There is an excelent video on peepcode where Brian Singer shows his design methods. Allthough you need to pay to see them (24$), they are one of the most valuable insights in the design process.