Making of a Design Manager - Connie Yang (Head of Payments Design @ Stripe)

My guest today is Connie Yang who is the Head of Payments Design at Stripe. In this episode, we discuss the following: - Connie Yang Bio - Compensation for Design manager vs individual contributor designer - How to know if you are ready for design leadership - Improving your design craft before becoming a design manager - Demonstrating leadership before becoming a design manager - Focusing less on design work as a design manager - Why hiring only senior designers is a bad idea - Fear of getting a design hire wrong - Having performance related conversations with direct reports - Adapting your leadership style for different people - Unplugging and taking time off as a design manager - What if you realize design leadership is not for you - Managing your side hustles if you become a design leader - What do design managers get asked in an interview - How to contact Connie Yang For show notes, guest bio, and more, please visit: www.designmba.show