I still think she'd be wasting her time changing from one thing to another, time that could be spent learning Photoshop better. It might be helpful and nice to know about PHP, but a designer doesn't really need to know that PHP is a loosely typed language, and a developer doesn't need to know that Ctrl+Shft+E on Windows flattens all your layers together in Photoshop. Like the old saying goes, "leave it to the professionals".
With that said, I'm gearing this information towards the OP because she's new at it all. At some point in your career you will probably want (maybe need) to learn about the other side of it, but I don't think that point should come till you're at least 3-5 years into being a designer or a developer, where you're very comfortable with your knowledge i.e. you could go to a company and get a position as a middle-senior level designer/developer. But of course, the people that focus on one thing and don't switch back and forth end up being experts in their field, the ones everyone else looks to for advice and insights.
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