Bingo. It's exactly the same for designers. Good ones can shave days off complex tasks, and even help the code be more beautiful. Bad ones can turn a 5-min f

Bingo. It's exactly the same for designers. Good ones can shave days off complex tasks, and even help the code be more beautiful. Bad ones can turn a 5-min feature into a week's worth of work. For absolutely no gain, and possibly creating a few bugs along the way. Unfortunately the only way designers and PMs can learn this is by working together with engineers. Everyone needs to check the ego at the door. Which is borderline impossible with some personalities (from all sides).