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I'm thinking about switching from designer to product planner

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I strongly recommend it!

Come on in, come on in ~

That said, if you yourself think that a designer means a graphic designer, or if your organization understands the role that way, I'd urge you to escape that organization and get a bit more experience first.

At least in the IT market, a designer is not a stylist — that's my personal opinion.


Similarly,
You should aim to be a programmer, not just a developer
You should aim to be a service designer, not just a manager

Professor Kim Jin-woo, author of HCI 3.0, once said this at his author talk: When he tells people he does HCI, they tilt their heads in confusion, but when he says he "calculates UX," they understand.
Just as title and rank are different things.

This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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