Why Aren't More Designers Starting Companies?
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Re: Why Aren't More Designers Starting Companies?
#2Interesting, although a couple of these factors (wanting to just spend all day working on your passion instead of wearing many hats) don't seem inherently limited to designers. Programmers can have an appreciation for their craft as well!
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#3Interesting, although a couple of these factors (wanting to just spend all day working on your passion instead of wearing many hats) don't seem inherently limited to designers. Programmers can have an appreciation for their craft as well!
Totally agree and in fact I say - I'd tell engineers or sales people who just want to do their craft not to start a co. as well.
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#4Maybe they want to design instead of run a business.
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#5Because it's really hard to pitch a company based on a PSD that you can't implement.
But sure, whatever cutesy anecdote or impression of reality you want to sell me will also suffice.
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#6Ok. I'm a right-brain problem solver. Who wants to make something? I live in SF.
Re: Why Aren't More Designers Starting Companies?
#7Because it's really hard to pitch a company based on a PSD that you can't implement. But sure, whatever cutesy anecdote or impression of reality you want to sell me will also suffice.
And the derisive contempt against designers on HN continues.
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#8Maybe they want to design instead of run a business.
I actually think it's largely because designers haven't learned how to execute their own working prototypes for the last little while due to the segmentation of roles in corporations/agencies. But it's not like they are short of great ideas.
I think given another decade with more young people learning both design and code, and companies demanding people know both, we'll see more designers (with rudimentary coding knowledge) starting businesses.
Though, I've always been curious as to why Rasmus Andersson (Spotify, Facebook, Dropbox) never started his own company. I consider him one of the rare people in tech industry who has advanced knowledge of design and code.
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#9Maybe they want to design instead of run a business.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
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#10Ok. I'm a right-brain problem solver. Who wants to make something? I live in SF.
I'm moving down there within the month. I'd love to.