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I’m a senior product designer focusing on e-commerce and align better with the individual contributor role than a management role. Most companies promote upwards into management. But I’m not sure management is where my skill sets are.

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Not a designer but this blog post is a good walk through

https://cattsmall.com/advice/education/2021/10/07/why-become-design-manager.html

Catt is also a mentor on Merit (https://www.get-merit.com/p/catt-small)

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