Design Management
3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 8, 2022 by Julie Zhuo · across every show →
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Sep 8, 2022 neutral
Zhuo: Design managers develop their critique skills while execution skills atrophy
“Often as a manager, the thing I develop, right, is, you know, I've developed my eye, but not my hand. So I learned to be a good critiquer of design, but actually because I stopped practicing design, you know, I'm definitely the limits of like what I can actual…”
Mar 1, 2026 positive
Wen: Design managers need hands-on IC rotations like engineering managers
“I think traditionally at least what I've seen a lot of like the engineering disciplines, like when they hire EMs or even sometimes like directors there, they actually make the EMs like take a rotation for a few months and pick up a few tasks. And really unders…”
Mar 1, 2026 negative
Wen: Pure people management is becoming obsolete in design
“The way I think about, like, what a helpful manager is these days is somebody who is not just, like, I think pure people management, like, oh, like, just somebody to sort of set you up, help you in your career, have one-on-ones, make sure you're feeling, like,…”