Designers have some advantages over programmers when it comes to getting work.
Programmers are always trying to keep up with new languages and employers are
always looking for the "right" combination of languages.
With so many languages being used, the different combinations seem endless.
Every programming job listing is bound to have at least one language that a programmer
never used.
The typical job listing for a programmer reads like a job for 3-5 people instead of one.
If a designer is good then they will always be good because they keep using the same tools.
A good programmer may seem not so good when having to use a different language for
the first time. If the employer is impatient then it's death.
The designer has the potential/ability to "WOW" the employer with the visual side of his work.
The end product of the programmer is hardly ever visually powerful; it just works.
Powerful scripts can be written that have less lines of code than an html page; so no
chance to "WOW" by lines of code.
When it comes to having a portfolio; "Look at my code in these scripts" is just not that awesome
when compared to highly attractive images and layouts of a designer's portfolio.
A programmer can in fact build a really awesome Flash portfolio; but Flash is dead right?
What do you think?