I've worked extensively in the space of Designer who understands technology/code. Might be a bit biased because I've been able to excel in the space of designe

I've worked extensively in the space of Designer who understands technology/code. Might be a bit biased because I've been able to excel in the space of designer who can also code their own prototypes and can talk to devs on their own terms. But personally I believe there is more potential in leaning more design side, few people have this skill set and if you find a company/build a company that appreciates it you can pretty much control the narrative because whatever direction you want to go you can just spin up enough of a prototype to sell the concept to the stakeholders yet also have the luxury of being too busy with design work to actually do deep end engineering. Just being extremely honest with my own strategies here.