You're exactly correct, but the mindset is much different.
Shit breaks when something's poorly coded, and has to be fixed (though, the DailyWTF would suggest otherwise). Whereas most people don't care if something's poorly designed and feel that a designer isn't necessary to just get it out there. Designers are fretting about losing mid/small-sized clients to stock templates, much in the same way that most businesses pre-DTP would buy stock letterhead and forms.
It's irrational, but when all of the clients talk about getting rid of the prissy designer one gets jumpy.
True, but techies tend not to mind people using off-the-shelf technical solutions either, even if they're sort of a poor fit compared to custom coding. There are whole piles of Wordpress blogs and MediaWiki installations where maybe a Wordpress blog or MediaWiki installation isn't the ideal backing software for what the site aims to do, but meh, if it works well enough and fits the budget, it's a legitimate choice.
Shit breaks when something's poorly coded, and has to be fixed (though, the DailyWTF would suggest otherwise). Whereas most people don't care if something's poorly designed and feel that a designer isn't necessary to just get it out there. Designers are fretting about losing mid/small-sized clients to stock templates, much in the same way that most businesses pre-DTP would buy stock letterhead and forms.
It's irrational, but when all of the clients talk about getting rid of the prissy designer one gets jumpy.