UX with coding is it worth it?
Iam a product designer, plus ui developer Iam a full time ui developer in my 9_5 company ( angular,tailwind,ionic) And iam a product designer in my second company . Basically I deigned and launched a web app for edtech space, where we try to teach data science and machine learning to kids. I do like product design more ,but the reason iam sticking onto ui front-end is I feel like designers don't get much respect, people tell of its just colors and stuff, Iam thinking if I know design and also front-end, will I be able to jump to a better company with better pay,? I have 1 .5 years of experience.
Here’s my 2 cents
You might definitely find it easy to join a startup because multitasking and allrounder hires appeal to them better. Two birds, one stone.
But at bigger companies, there exists standalone pods for design and development. They don’t need all rounders.. they need specialists. Knowing both design and development will help in communication and planning for sure, but that’s about it.
The good part for you is, as a product designer - any company will give you more points for knowing how the product actually works in the backend and not just leaving it at UI/UX. Code behaviours to your components etc. are not many developers priority (just personal experience) so they usually overlook the fine visual layouts for the bigger picture. Knowing code ensures that you'll be able to guarantee the end product looks like your design.
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