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almost 5 years ago from Stephen Hill, UX / UI Designer
IMO it's bad. You can't be great at everything. If you are talking about UI Engineering, then OK. But if it's about a UX Designer - IMO this is way too much. UXD has its own process and it certainly doesn't include actually creating the product, producing it.
Yea this is accurate. But this is often dependent on the size of your company. If you’re at a 10 person start-up then helping with the front end makes sense.
For larger products not so much.
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I have to agree with others about coding. I learned HTML & CSS because I got sick and tired of half assed implementations and developers simply saying "no, I can't do that." Most developers I've worked with avoid CSS work either because it's boring or they're bad at it. If you can build the pixel perfect front-end then you're meeting them at least halfway. This breaks down a bit for native iOS / Android development, but most software today requires a good web component anyway. They also take you a bit more seriously when you know the basics the web dev stack and the time commitments to build various functionalities.