I really like this blog post. I like being able to get into designers' mindset when possible. Now I'm sure the discussion between the person in charge and the engineer was an oversimplification intended to illustrate why engineers need designers. But I find myself somewhat annoyed by it. It's not that I as an engineer think I have impeccable design skill and don't need a designer. It's that the idea that simply having the title "designer" makes someone brilliant at design and that the title "engineer" makes someone completely devoid of design skill. It's important to make sure that titles reflect reality rather than the other way around.

I'm sure that Michael already understands this, so I wrote a response to complement this piece just so others don't take his article as license to be an ass: http://jasonmbaker.com/an-engineering-primer-for-designers