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 - D...