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@itspatmorgan Yes. I love the part of design where you are really centered around solving a problem and PMs feel like they are able to help steer that direction. What I’ve learned with time though is I don’t love all the other, more project management types of responsibilities that come with

@chrisd008 That's fair. Some hard tradeoffs required in the switch that's for sure.

@itspatmorgan Experienced Designers would be great Product Managers!

@TallTidjane Agreed!

@itspatmorgan I think about it and then I come back to design. But I’m building my own products, I wear the product manager hat!

@john_rodrigues_ I'm in a similar position 🫡

@itspatmorgan Nope. Love the craft and hate politics.

@jeffwangdesign Do you feel like you avoid work politics as a designer?

@itspatmorgan No, I haven’t. But for some reason, there is a strong stereotype that product management is the only possible way up or further in a senior designer’s career.

@shestopalov_v Why do you think that's a stereotype?

@itspatmorgan 😅

@albychok So, yes? haha

@itspatmorgan Yes product managing from my designs as well as taking care of frontend components. Low level product managers are redundant

@BoreDavinci What do you mean by "low level product managers"?

@itspatmorgan I’ve never worked a job where there was a clear line between project management and UX Often, UX design is so tied up in how it works, who it serves, how you’ll market it, what it’s built on & how to collapse risk among those things that project management is hard to tease out

@corychainsman Interesting. I've only experienced places where design and product management were clearly separate.

@itspatmorgan I've experienced both roles. As a PM, I found that there was significantly less time for myself to get into a state of flow, which ultimately made me less content at work, despite the increased influence.

@majroth For sure. Very different mindsets. Check out Paul Graham's article "Maker's Schedule vs. Manager's Schedule" if you haven't already.

@itspatmorgan I kinda like being in the middle of design and product management: getting a sense of direction and learning about the business first, then taking to users and coming up with a solution to a problem.

@dovhyi Gotcha. But preferring to keep your official title as "designer"?