In my case I'm a designeer because of the circumstances of my interests at diverse times and the way I learned such interests. I started to get acquainted with linux when I was 7 or 8. I was coding C when I was 13 and then at 15 I was really interested in everything design. I ended up doing Web Design at 17. At 19 I opened a company making web applications. I then moved on to corporate software where I was in charge of coding commerce and enterprise applications. At 23 I was doing full sys admin work. I'm now 28 and I'm working doing UX, Design, Web Dev, Backend Dev, and little Sys Admin stuff. I'm rusty in the Sys Admin area, but I'm definitely more productive than the average CompSci graduate with a few years experience.
I'm pretty sure there MUST be a person better than me in all those areas, but not because I'm not a master of my skills, but because there is just always someone better. Becoming a Designeer happens only if you have the time (a decade?), and the inclination (interests in the right fields and skill sets at the right intervals in time) to learn the things you need to learn to do the job. Of course, there's also the fact that you need to be lucky enough to have people to hire you to do those things so as to get enough quality experience performing the tasks you need to perform.
Interestingly enough, I'm in the office right now... and this is the list of stuff I've done today:
1) Finished coding a Windows service that acts as a data bridge between an two applications and three types of databases.
2) Worked a UX prototype for an IPad app (made in Keynote) that integrates with an in house product.
3) Finished a redesign for another in house app (this one is a ERP type WebApp).
4) Modified a series of E-cards the in house designers made because they where not optimized for email and had some alignment, whitespace, and typography mishaps.
5) Worked on integration of commerce hardware with 'special printers'.
6) I'm currently designing the visual aspect of an interface for yet another of our in house products.
BONUS: Yesterday I spent 3 hours securing the web servers for our website and a ticketing tool that our customers use.
I am by no means the best programmer, sys admin, designer, or UX architect, but I find all those roles are second nature for me and I have no problem getting a job (I literally get a call every couple of days by recruiters or companies offering me positions), and I only work in places I know I'll be having loads of fun and interesting challenging work. Designeers are not hard to get because they don't exist. They're hard to get because they want to make their own rules and work in things they actually want to work in. Offer them this and you'll invariably be able to score someone that will fill this often looked for but generally not realistic position.
I'm pretty sure there MUST be a person better than me in all those areas, but not because I'm not a master of my skills, but because there is just always someone better. Becoming a Designeer happens only if you have the time (a decade?), and the inclination (interests in the right fields and skill sets at the right intervals in time) to learn the things you need to learn to do the job. Of course, there's also the fact that you need to be lucky enough to have people to hire you to do those things so as to get enough quality experience performing the tasks you need to perform.
Interestingly enough, I'm in the office right now... and this is the list of stuff I've done today: 1) Finished coding a Windows service that acts as a data bridge between an two applications and three types of databases. 2) Worked a UX prototype for an IPad app (made in Keynote) that integrates with an in house product. 3) Finished a redesign for another in house app (this one is a ERP type WebApp). 4) Modified a series of E-cards the in house designers made because they where not optimized for email and had some alignment, whitespace, and typography mishaps. 5) Worked on integration of commerce hardware with 'special printers'. 6) I'm currently designing the visual aspect of an interface for yet another of our in house products.
BONUS: Yesterday I spent 3 hours securing the web servers for our website and a ticketing tool that our customers use.
I am by no means the best programmer, sys admin, designer, or UX architect, but I find all those roles are second nature for me and I have no problem getting a job (I literally get a call every couple of days by recruiters or companies offering me positions), and I only work in places I know I'll be having loads of fun and interesting challenging work. Designeers are not hard to get because they don't exist. They're hard to get because they want to make their own rules and work in things they actually want to work in. Offer them this and you'll invariably be able to score someone that will fill this often looked for but generally not realistic position.