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Funsizing
Jason Santa Maria
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May 2025
Maybe I don’t click with in-house design roles. But, I’m going to start something new that works for me.
6 May 2025
I don’t think I actually mesh well with the structure of in-house design. I loved working among designers, mentoring, and shaping the direction of things; but at the same time, I was drowning in the reporting, OKRs, and earnings metrics of it all. I was often too far from the actual design happening, stuck hovering at some low altitude over the work. And that often left me feeling depleted.