Comment Re:A good software company needs good programmers. (Score 1) 182
Well admittedly we must come from very different areas of programming. I've programmed business software for the past ten years and everything I've never really needed artwork for anything. For user interface design, developers just need access to the customers. Putting people between the customers and programmers makes things worse, not better.
I don't believe in developing and marketing products. The idea of developing a product first and then trying to sell it doesn't make much sense to me. The only stuff I code is stuff that has an immediate need to exist.
I'll grant that manual writers and QA can be valuable even when they don't code. I'll also grant that artists can be valuable and necessary, depending on the project. I disagree on workflow designers or user interface designers. Just keep the customers in the loop and between the customers and developers the best solution will develop.