Ask HN: Are you a designer learning coding?
Are you a visual designer or UX designer learning coding? Interested to hear your reasons for learning programming.
Is it one of the following reasons (or a combination)?
- Build your own product (i.e. learn programming so you won't have to rely on other delevlopers).
- Learn coding to add another skill to your toolbox, but not looking to becoming a full-time developer.
- Learning to understand the techology or the language of developers, but not looking to change your design role.
- Learning programming to become a full-time developer (change career).
Note: This question isn't related to current discussions about AI-generated images, but feel free to add any thoughts on the impact of AI on design.