[jsiarto]

This. I just started contracting with a company full of Rails developers. They expect me to be able to implement my designs within the Rails ecosystem and also expect that I generally understand how to function within a Rails development group.

I also teach this to my web design students. We start every semester learning basics in the command line and how to use Git/Github to collaborate with other people in a dev team. They are required to turn in all their assignments via Git pushes. You will never be designing in a vacuum and the ability to seamlessly integrate into whatever dev environment is already established at a company is a huge selling point for new grads looking for a job.