I'm that way too, nor am I a designer. My point was just that if you have one of the best UX designers working on something then the point is probably to have

I'm that way too, nor am I a designer. My point was just that if you have one of the best UX designers working on something then the point is probably to have him/her optimize for functionality and design... otherwise it would have been fine to have someone work on it who was only skilled at the engineering aspect of the project.