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hennypenny on Sept 7, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hiring a designer is a premature optimization

If you know how to use photoshop, you can design. You can make a website that works and that you can test with.

But if a designer knows nothing about code, knowing where to start and how to put the pieces together would be daunting. Coding has a very steep learning curve, whereas even amateurs can start designing right away.

tuhin on Sept 7, 2011 [–]

If you know how to use photoshop, you can design.

Wow.

hennypenny on Sept 7, 2011 | [–]

I meant that in the most general sense possible, like in the sense that if you know how to type, you can write.

No offense meant.

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