I work on a small startup team of 3. What makes my team unique is that I come from a Ux background but pivoted into development about four years ago. As such mu

I work on a small startup team of 3. What makes my team unique is that I come from a Ux background but pivoted into development about four years ago. As such much of the friction between development and design is eliminated because I speak a common language. My teammates are pure devs. The senior dev has a decent sense of design. Early on we clashed because I felt that I needed to be the final say in design. That was my ego. When I stopped thinking this way, everything fell into place. All of us have a say on all aspects of the project. An inevitable consequence of this was that my Figma designs became a jumping off point for feature discussion rather than a blueprint that was religiously maintained. We iterated in code rather than Figma and we moved faster and smoother as a result. Every day it's a pleasure to work with my team because egos have been removed from the equation.