When I began leading the design team at DigitalOcean, I had designers who regularly used Sketch, Illustrator and Photoshop respectively 


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This wasn’t ideal, but I didn’t want to be dogmatic and force Sketch on them. It’s not my management style, and I didn’t see the point.
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I figured that forcing them into using tools they weren’t as comfortable with would just reduce their efficiency and general happiness.
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You know, use the software that feels good for you. Do good design, do it quickly. Everybody wins. Right?
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The thing is, and this is obvious in hindsight, multiple designers often have to touch the same product areas. When that happens—this sucks.
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It wasn’t that much of an issue early on when we had one designer per product vertical—but even then designers can leave or go on vacations.
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When this happens, other designers inherit their work. If everyone’s using different software—that initial onboarding is going to HURT.
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Someone’s either translating an .ai file to Sketch, or trying to get by in foreign-ish software, which is invariably frustrating and slow.
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Over time I’ve come to believe that even if it hurts initially—consistency on a team will lead to higher individual efficiency and happiness
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The same is also true on a lower level, when different Sketch users inherit Sketch files that employ divergent workflows and styles.
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I've dealt with this many times, and I have to admit it's the ONLY thing I manage top-down: everyone will use the same tool and spec.
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