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GOING FROM SENIOR TO STAFF DESIGNER ISN'T ABOUT DOING THE BEST WORK ANYMORE

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Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Moving from Senior to Staff or Principal designer is a shift from shipping the best work to setting direction. The harder skill is externalising taste so other designers can act on it, rather than developing more of it. Six practices are offered, including writing principles instead of preferences and pre-stating review criteria.