Every design decision has a trade-off but transitioning from a role in government to a startup quickly introduced me to the most constant trade-off a designer will deal with. Time.

I learned firsthand the difference in development time when you're designing screens vs designing patterns and how effective it can be to be an expert in your component library. Determining when to cut a feature to immediately reduce development time or when to opt for polish and reduce development time later down the road is a frequent problem, but one I learned to be comfortable with.

Support Console: Cut feature that would allow users to search by location in addition to the user's name or email address which directly reduced development time.

Home: Chose to introduce a new UI to simplify core workflow rather than reusing a table and reduced the need to rework the feature later.