Designing an Organization That Designs Better Products
Rebekah Cox, employee number one at Quora, writes about what it means to be a designer at Quora. She offers solid reasoning for why designers need to have authority and a seat at the table - that without it they’re pretty ineffective. Also, commentary on design itself being about choices that get made early on is spot… well - on. Those in the Web biz looking for a designer should read this as she also sets some criteria for hiring a designer that I most definitely agree with.
Source: fastcodesign.com