My guest today is Maheen Sohail who recently switched from Design Manager to Senior Designer role at Meta. In this episode, we discuss the following: - Interview trailer - Who is Maheen Sohail (Senior Designer at Meta)? - How to deal with layoffs as a designer? - What does a Design Manager do when her entire team gets shut down? - How does a Design Manager say goodbye to their team when it's time to leave the company? - How does a Design Manager not lose touch with their craft? - How to manage senior designers as a first time Design Manager? - Why should a designer consider becoming a Design Manager? - How does becoming a Design Manager make you more empathetic? - How does a Design Manager resolve conflict between designer and engineer? - Why is becoming a Design Manager so hard? - Should a Design Manager share frequent updates about their work with the team? - Is switching from Design Manager to IC seamless? - Switching frequenty between management and IC roles as a designer - Do Design Managers need to be design tool experts? - Why designers should not become managers early in their career? - Designers sharing their favorite Bollywood movies  Interview Video: https://youtu.be/LXPKGTGvFrY?si=6pVqr9zENQkYso2Y Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil 

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Transitioning from Design Manager to IC Designer

SEP 29, 202337 MIN
Design MBA

Transitioning from Design Manager to IC Designer

SEP 29, 202337 MIN

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🧠 WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS INTERVIEW?1. How to transition from a Design Manager to IC Designer 2. Why Design Managers make great IC designers📢 WHY IS MAHEEN SOHAIL A ROCKSTAR? Maheen Sohail is a Staff Product Design Lead at Meta focused on building Generative AI experiences. As a former Design manager, Maheen has experience managing large design teams building emerging technology products AR/VR/AI). Outside of work, you will find Maheen either surfing or running various storytelling experiments and workshops.🤝 CONNECT WITH MAHEEN SOHAILLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maheensohail/Twitter - https://twitter.com/maheen_sohail🤙 CONNECT WITH JAYNEIL DALAL LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil Twitter - https://twitter.com/jayneildalal 📺 INTERVIEW VIDEO:https://youtu.be/LXPKGTGvFrY?si=6pVqr9zENQkYso2Y 🫣 Sneak Peek into Figma Files of top designers for FREE:https://www.sneakpeek.design/