Has any designer ever said that?
Because I actually do!
3 moments in my career where I loved seeing engineers design:
1. 🖼️ I give engineers paper and pens – or a whiteboard. No engineer needs to be Picasso (believe me, some have hidden talents!), but everyone can draw arrows and boxes. I let them brainstorm new features and solutions with me.
2. 📱 "Hey Tabea, thank you for working on that new screen, but you know, technically, it would also be possible to do it like this; what do you think? Would that work better and look good?" This was an engineer making a suggestion. I love it when engineers see creative possibilities designers might not have heard of.
3. 🤹♂️ I play improv theater with the engineers to understand a user journey. Everyone participates and sees the pain points and user needs directly in front of them. Also, it's fun!
Now, what do you think? What, how, and when should engineers design?
Thank you, Tom Scott, for inspiring me to this post last week with your opening statement, "I love designers that code"!
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