Hiring managers can ask for a "design engineer" and mean two very different people: a designer who knows how to use Claude Code, or someone trained as an engineer who can design for themselves.

design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

hiring Finding people and judging them: referrals, open calls, contests, and reading the work rather than the CV.

management Running the place: an executive's calendar, dissent, severance, and what a manager is actually for.