The learning curve will keeping growing that is for sure. You'll start to see things in the future that we never thought possible just 5 years ago!
Trust me when I say this, the role of a designer is going to get very hard in the next 5 - 10 years. Thats why is I say you guys must learn to work together, if you don't you'll be missing out on a lot.
Learn from each other, share ideas, and above all show each other the respect you wan't people to show you.