"Gerhard Fiedler" wrote:
>> Gerhard, I must disagree. I've worked with graphic designers and web
>> developers, and these are two very different positions.
>
> Right... just like firmware programmer and hardware designer -- yet this
> list is full of people who do both :)

What you did is worse than comparing apples to oranges (at least both are 
fruit). :)

On the other hand, hardware engineers and embedded programmers have a 
similar mindset. Sometimes you can't tell the difference between hardware 
design, and programming. When you work with FPGAs, are you programming, or 
building hardware?


> It all depends on the specific situation. Just like in some (bigger)
> companies and (bigger) projects firmware and hardware design are
> strictly separated between different teams, there are many situations
> where this is not possible or practical.
>
> IMO the exact same goes for graphic designers that do web page layout.
> If they don't want to have to deal with HTML, JavaScript and the like,
> they need to look for jobs that are big enough that they warrant a
> programmer just for this; maybe he should team up with one?

Notice that the OP did not mention HTML, and I said that for a designer, 
"knowing HTML is helpful". Because HTML is not a programming language. :)


Vitaliy 

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