Almost everyone has read stories about business people with ideas for products or mobile apps and “all they need are some programmers and designers” to make it real. Or perhaps about programmers who build amazing systems and prototypes but they lack the polish a designer can bring. Or how about designers who design immaculate interface mockups but need a developer to make them real. All these stories are cop-outs. They’re tales of woe from people who lack the curiosity and drive to just Figure It Out™ and start learning a new skill.

Do you know who the most valuable software people are in the world? They’re the ones who can think up great ideas, elaborate these ideas on paper, design the interface, then prototype and build the idea into a real thing. Idea to design to code to product. One person who can do it all. One person whose skills cut across job titles and areas of purview with an overwhelming drive to do the whole thing because that’s just how they do things.

— If You Can Think, Design & Code, You Win - Mike Rundle @flyosity

I agree!