Path to management, talking accessibility, component-driven UI — and more UX this week
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Published: 2020-09-05 14:46:54

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### Path to management, talking accessibility, component-driven UI — and more UX this week

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[**Kim Bost:   
Individual contributor and manager are not mutually exclusive** ](https://uxdesign.cc/individual-contributor-and-manager-are-not-mutually-exclusive-kim-bost-531d93a25cc9?source=friends_link&sk=cc5d72f0fcff19c89348f00aea36b48f) →  
“I don’t see the decision to move from IC to manager or manager to IC as something that’s irreversible or mutually exclusive. The fact that I have management experience — that I know how to mentor, how to resolve people conflicts, how to identify when I need to look outside of my immediate team to connect the pieces, etc. — leveled up my IC game tenfold. I’m able to see beyond the design work to the larger ecosystem of the company and its goals, which improves my chances of doing something good.”  
[**Continue reading**](https://uxdesign.cc/individual-contributor-and-manager-are-not-mutually-exclusive-kim-bost-531d93a25cc9)


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