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
🧠 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 SOHAIL
LinkedIn - 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