https://antolinez.ch/2026-03-09T06:50:57.693883+00:00Felipe Antolinez2026-03-09T06:50:57.693883+00:002026-03-09T06:50:57.693883+00:00https://antolinez.ch/2026/Mar/9/wen-ic-skills-managing/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-design-process-is-dead"><p>I think actually what <strong>being an IC across this past year</strong> has taught me, is that it actually just <strong>gave me a lot of skills that I don't think I would've gained if I was just managing</strong> throughout this year.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-design-process-is-dead">Jenny Wen</a>, Lenny's Podcast interview. Wen left a director role at Figma to return to IC design work at Anthropic.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://antolinez.ch/tags/management">management</a>, <a href="https://antolinez.ch/tags/podcast">podcast</a>, <a href="https://antolinez.ch/tags/design">design</a></p>