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One interesting observation in this chart is the claim that demand has flipped from designers to PMs. It frames this as if orgs suddenly want fewer designers and more PMs, but that feels rooted in legacy titles, not how the work is actually getting done. On most product teams today, designers are already owning big chunks of βPM workβ β discovery, framing, prioritization, and strategy β and strong PMs are expected to bring real product taste and design sensibility too. Some orgs hire designers with strong product instincts, some hire PMs with strong design instincts, but in both cases theyβre really looking for the same hybrid profile. I think itβs way easier to route that through a PM headcount and PM job listing than through Design, especially if there is still a desire to hire strong crafters at bigger orgs that might not be able to ship a product on their own. So what this graph is really measuring isnβt a clean shift from Design β PM, but more like.. the lag between how we label roles and the blended product + design work thatβs already happening.