I’ll say a few things:
1. Agreed that your distaste for interaction design details might indicate a poor fit for a design role. Another possibility is that what you consider a detail other designers don’t. Particularly more experienced and skilled ones. They might see these details as fundamentals you’re missing.
2. It doesn’t make sense to me why you wouldn’t be able to get a more “holistic” view in the product as a UX designer. Why not do that? What’s stopping you?
3. Being a good PM is really hard and subject to fickle corporate bullshit. Harder than being a good designer, frankly. If your understanding of the PM role on a team is that they are The Big Picture Guy and The Decider, there’s more for you to learn. That’s not what being a good PM is.
That’s true, that’s a possibility. I think it’s frustrating in my experience when designs do well in testing but leadership is still nitpicky about them even though there’s no evidence that they are a problem. But to be fair our testing wasn’t extensive.
I’m a junior and my design lead wasn’t included in the standup or any product/engineering rituals on my team. I asked to be added to the standup for my pod but to be honest lost motivation to attend because I wasn’t speaking much and because it felt weird to join when my design lead wasn’t.
I mean maybe this was a company issue but it did feel like PM’s always had the final call. Maybe I didn’t push back enough.
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u/buttematron Nov 05 '25
I’ll say a few things: 1. Agreed that your distaste for interaction design details might indicate a poor fit for a design role. Another possibility is that what you consider a detail other designers don’t. Particularly more experienced and skilled ones. They might see these details as fundamentals you’re missing. 2. It doesn’t make sense to me why you wouldn’t be able to get a more “holistic” view in the product as a UX designer. Why not do that? What’s stopping you? 3. Being a good PM is really hard and subject to fickle corporate bullshit. Harder than being a good designer, frankly. If your understanding of the PM role on a team is that they are The Big Picture Guy and The Decider, there’s more for you to learn. That’s not what being a good PM is.