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When becoming the design manager means you stop designing

I fell in love with design, the quiet hours pushing pixels until a screen just worked. Now I'm the design manager, and I spend my days fighting for headcount and defending the roadmap in meetings. I open the design tool and realize I haven't touched it in weeks.

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Managing the team crowded out the design work that drew you in.

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