The problem is that in a startup environment, needing to constantly explain how web application design works can waste significant time and energy, decreasing morale and impacting momentum. It's a drag, and an unnecessary one.
Web applications don't need to have heavily designed UI elements. The kind of designer that's useful for a web application is one who has a deep understanding of the unique constraints and conventions of web application design, not someone who is a whiz is Illustrator or screen printing.
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The problem is that in a startup environment, needing to constantly explain how web application design works can waste significant time and energy, decreasing morale and impacting momentum. It's a drag, and an unnecessary one.
Web applications don't need to have heavily designed UI elements. The kind of designer that's useful for a web application is one who has a deep understanding of the unique constraints and conventions of web application design, not someone who is a whiz is Illustrator or screen printing.