It's not clear in either case. He says that he ideally would like to be a product designer, but then says it's tough to stand behind a developer and watch them build code instead of doing it himself.
Product designer is what I should be doing, and will be doing from here on. In my definition of product design, the ideal skill-set is a UI designer who works mostly in front-end code.
Good plan. 2 dirty secrets of the software industry:
1. Programming itself can be more fun than 99% of what people get paid to do, at least if you're building new stuff and in at least enough of a leadership role that you're not constantly keeping up with other peoples' changes.
2. 85% of real-world programming work is crappy maintenance and you need some independent credibility (e.g. "X who programs") in something else-- product, data science, finance-- to dodge it and keep getting the good stuff that builds your career.
