Great piece by Garry Tan of Posterous and now Y-Combinator. If you can design and code, you’re a double threat. Add business/management experience to the mix: Triple Threat.
http://www.inc.com/garry-tan/the-great-value-of-the-designer-who-codes.html
There’s a new breed of tech experts out there, and they’re poised to take over design and engineering at the most innovative of start-ups.