&gt; &quot;A lot of the design problems have been solved already. Questions such as when modals are appropriate, how to design forms effectively, what makes a good call-to-action, and how to structure IA effectively have been answered. Companies no longer need teams of people to work out answers to these questions, just one or two good leaders to evangelize the answers that are already established, and a team of UI engineers that can execute them well.&quot;<p>Perhaps I&#x27;m taking this the wrong way, but the tasks you listed there don&#x27;t even begin to scratch the surface of existing design problems a UI designer will face on a daily basis.<p>EDIT: ex. Consider the design work that went into this product <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.research.ibm.com&#x2F;cognitive-computing&#x2F;watson&#x2F;watsonpaths.shtml" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.research.ibm.com&#x2F;cognitive-computing&#x2F;watson&#x2F;watso...</a>