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I’d rather work with a great designer that can’t code than with a mediocre designer that can. I’m not saying that you’re a mediocre designer. I’d rather invest the time in becoming an even better one. But depends on your career and if you’re ok with sidesteps.
Why do you want to make the jump? Is it merely for a potential salary bump or because you find yourself drawn to coding things?
I’ve always loved coding (just never gotten beyond a beginner level). So I think I could really enjoy it in the right environment. But I’m not unhappy in my current job, and just getting into management. Mostly just curious if going one route would compensate better than another.
Imo, not that valuable. Maybe in a smaller company or a startup, but that won't help earning potential compared to big tech. Big tech values these two as separate and from what I've seen it doesn't help to know both, you're still only supposed to be doing one role or the other otherwise you have unhealthy opposition between dev and design.
It depends on the company. Usually not though. A “typical” organization’s structure separates product + design from engineering, with engineering input mostly centered around implementation feasibility. I’d say it’s more valuable to be a strong engineer with some design sense than to be a strong designer with some engineering sense.
You should become a product manager. Your skills would be valued in that field knowing both the design and technical aspects.
I agree, I think that would be the best fit if coding is of interest to you
I can tell you from experience that a tech support consultant that can code is valued. Idk cost of living in your area but the median household income where I live is like 35k (we have some serious poverty here) and I’m about to accept ~145k from a new company. My current company, where I finally transitioned from support to engineering, pays mid-levels about 85k.
I would speculate that you could easily make a lateral move and not make less money but it will likely be a couple years of good performance and fighting for promotions to get above your current salary.
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I was a designer with strong technical skills for most of my career. I found it hard to keep up with both my technical skills and my design skills, so I decided to focus on being a UX Designer.
That said, I've found that having that technical background has been very helpful in my career. For one thing, it has helped me use scripting/JS for prototyping, it helps be understand the technology that I am designing for, and it helps me maintain relationships with Devs because I can 'speak their language.' It has also helped on occasions when Devs have told me something isn't possible or is too difficult, and I have been able to challenge that assessment and get things properly implemented.
Knowing code is nice, but I wouldn't switch to engineering if you're looking for earning potential. Design tends to have more opportunities in that regard, even if your coding knowledge doesn't give you a leg up (which it might, in some cases).
I can tell you from personal experience, working with a designer who knew html and css made my life a whole lot easier. Sometimes they would literally give me the entire html and css of their design and all I needed to do was make it work with dynamic data from the backend. Saved so much time as I didn’t have to spend hours banging my head on css just to make some boxes align correctly on the page.