PHP Designer
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:32 pm
Is it reasonable to delegate design work (Photoshop, Fireworks, CSS) to a designer and PHP/MySQL to a developer? I just got a job working with CakePHP and their designer does not do the Photoshop cut-ups. While I have worked with Photoshop and I am probably better-than-average at CSS, I have probably spent more time trying to figure out how to cut up the PSD and format it with CSS to make it look like the screenshot than a dedicated, educated designer would have taken.
Is it really reasonable to expect design work to be done by the developer and development to be done by the designer? I see more and more jobs looking for "PHP/Photoshop GURUS!", and it seems ridiculous that employers are expecting experts in both fields while only being willing to pay them for one field. It seems like companies are trying to mash the two together to save money, when in fact a dedicated designer and dedicated developer would be able to pump out more content faster. What's going on here?
Is it really reasonable to expect design work to be done by the developer and development to be done by the designer? I see more and more jobs looking for "PHP/Photoshop GURUS!", and it seems ridiculous that employers are expecting experts in both fields while only being willing to pay them for one field. It seems like companies are trying to mash the two together to save money, when in fact a dedicated designer and dedicated developer would be able to pump out more content faster. What's going on here?