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Product designer is a generic title. In companies like Facebook, regardless of seniority, everyone is a product designer and so itβs hard to understand who is senior, which level theyβre at, or even what their strengths and weaknesses are. Thatβs why itβs important to define the type of product designer you areβone way to do so is by highlighting your own superpowers.