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The rise of IC roles in UX and Product Design
And why you donāt need to be a design manager to be considered successful anymore
There is nothing I hate more than bad managers who breathe down your neck as youāre trying to design something.
āI think itās better if you put that button thereā or āWe should use orange for this graphic because it feels betterā are just some of the comments that would make me want to grab my managerās hand and make them do it themselves.
It feels even worse when your manager isnāt from a design background.
So with the fact that design managers do exist in the market, we would ideally love a dedicated spokesperson for the design team, right? Someone we can count on and someone who speaks the same language as we do.
Well, it turns out life, as usual, isnāt that simple.
Managers come in all shapes and forms, so sometimes it is a bit difficult to pin-point what traits exactly are bad and which are good because depending on the mixture of pros and cons you get, you will have very different conclusions on whether someone is a good manager or not.
Being a good manager is not easy, and itās not a job everyone is suited for.
I do not wish to generalise, and thisā¦