Most designers don't want to hear this:
UI takes 10x longer to master than UX.
You can learn research & user flows in months.
But visual design? That's years of reps.
No designer was ever promoted for knowing every Figma trick.
And yet, most of the design discussions are around tools, plugins and visuals.
6 examples of higher leverage skills to grow as a designer:
One day we will reckon with the fact that the design industry went a bit off the rails when the primary product became "process" at the expense of everything else.