Nintendo, for example, regularly hires game designers with no game design experience.
Famously, there was a shoe designer who was hired on the BOTW team. The fresh perspective keeps Nintendo games from falling into idiosyncrasies, which is part of the reason children and adults can just walk up and play most Nintendo games and have immediate without needing prior gaming experience.
I think it’s valuable to have non technical designers and QAs for that reason.
Sure the fresh perspective fades after a while, but it’s still valuable AND gives us in tech a reason to hire those not in tech.
Famously, there was a shoe designer who was hired on the BOTW team. The fresh perspective keeps Nintendo games from falling into idiosyncrasies, which is part of the reason children and adults can just walk up and play most Nintendo games and have immediate without needing prior gaming experience.
I think it’s valuable to have non technical designers and QAs for that reason.
Sure the fresh perspective fades after a while, but it’s still valuable AND gives us in tech a reason to hire those not in tech.