The UX Reckoning: Prepare for 2025 and BeyondIn 2025, reevaluate tactics; use AI to deliver user value; and develop deep UX skills, instead of relying on toolkits.·nngroup.com·Jan 27, 2025The UX Reckoning: Prepare for 2025 and Beyond
Preparation Tactics for a Tough UX Job MarketIn times when UX jobs are not plentiful, use these tactics to prepare yourself to navigate a difficult job market.#Stack·nngroup.com·Jan 27, 2025Preparation Tactics for a Tough UX Job Market
The Career Debt of RetrainingCan you make up for the time you invested in a first career?·sophieaguado.medium.com·Jan 10, 2025The Career Debt of Retraining
Why I left “UX” behind (and you likely will, too)The realities of tech and the grim future that lies ahead·uxplanet.org·Jan 9, 2025Why I left “UX” behind (and you likely will, too)
The Best Advice to Bring to Work in 2025 | Figma BlogIndustry leaders from companies like Ableton, Snapchat, and Coda set resolutions for managing teams, shipping products, and sparking great ideas in the year ahead.·figma.com·Jan 9, 2025The Best Advice to Bring to Work in 2025 | Figma Blog
Your Figma Skills Aren’t as Important as You Might ThinkDon’t be Trapped by the Glamour of Any Single Tool·medium.com·Dec 22, 2024Your Figma Skills Aren’t as Important as You Might Think
Path to a greater impact for a Product DesignerBeyond the Pixels: Thinking Bigger·uxplanet.org·Dec 22, 2024Path to a greater impact for a Product Designer
How learning about value can start your journey from UX to Product DesignHow do you design for a user that doesn’t use your product?·uxdesign.cc·Dec 22, 2024How learning about value can start your journey from UX to Product Design
Surviving 2025 as a Product Manager — or anyone in tech, reallyIt’s probably not a good idea to write an article after having only slept for 6 hours in the past 48 hours. I just flew across the globe…#Stack·medium.com·Dec 21, 2024Surviving 2025 as a Product Manager — or anyone in tech, really
Fixing product design career paths with the Mirror ModelDesigners shouldn’t always manage, but they’re often forced to for career growth. Let’s fix that.·uxdesign.cc·Dec 21, 2024Fixing product design career paths with the Mirror Model
Understanding priority (or the next step to go from UX to Product Design)Why your UX suggestions might be getting ignored·uxdesign.cc·Dec 21, 2024Understanding priority (or the next step to go from UX to Product Design)
🤿 Dive Club | You’re not getting enough credit for your design workHow to drive impact and gain influence on your team — an article from Ryan Scott / /·dive.club·Dec 20, 2024🤿 Dive Club | You’re not getting enough credit for your design work
Unsolicited advice to my younger designer selfWhat I wish I’d known starting out as a designer in big tech.·medium.com·Dec 20, 2024Unsolicited advice to my younger designer self
The path to design principal: Mastering archetypes and defining successThe skills that can elevate your design career and your influence as an individual contributor·adobe.design·Dec 20, 2024The path to design principal: Mastering archetypes and defining success
Experience Design: The Next Iteration of UX?As an umbrella term for UX/CX work, “experience design” reflects blended roles and core human-centered principles.#Stack·nngroup.com·Dec 20, 2024Experience Design: The Next Iteration of UX?
Top tips for measuring workplace successTo measure workplace success, employees need to consider a range of factors, such as personal goals, the needs of the business and wellbeing.·siliconrepublic.com·Nov 14, 2024Top tips for measuring workplace success
Embracing the Hybrid Path: Reflections on Creativity, Career, and ResilienceIn my recent talk at the MIT Media Lab with Professor Hiroshi Ishii, I shared reflections on what it means to pursue a hybrid career — one…·johnmaeda.medium.com·Nov 13, 2024Embracing the Hybrid Path: Reflections on Creativity, Career, and Resilience
The Great Tech Worker Revolution Has BegunPushed too far, tech workers are pushing back, and it’s a volcano waiting to erupt·ehandbook.com·Nov 13, 2024The Great Tech Worker Revolution Has Begun
Seven things I’ve learned in seven years as a user experience designerMy experience as a UX designer started back in 2017 when I was a fresh graduate from a premier design school and joined my first corporate…·medium.com·Nov 11, 2024Seven things I’ve learned in seven years as a user experience designer
Why empathy is key to this product designer’s workWorkhuman’s Susana Rojero on how she ended up in product design and why communication skills are just as important as technical skills.·siliconrepublic.com·Nov 9, 2024Why empathy is key to this product designer’s work
Why Designers Fail: The ResearchData on where designers struggle the most at work·whydesignishard.substack.com·Nov 8, 2024Why Designers Fail: The Research
8 Harsh Truths About UX Design CareerThat every UX designer should know·uxplanet.org·Nov 4, 20248 Harsh Truths About UX Design Career
How did a company acquisition feel like for a product designerBusiness as usual? No.·uxdesign.cc·Nov 4, 2024How did a company acquisition feel like for a product designer
This common mistake can tank a salary negotiation in minutes, says hiring expertWhether you want 10% or 50% more than what was offered, you need to justify why you're worth it, says Adam Broda, a senior manager at Amazon.·cnbc.com·Nov 4, 2024This common mistake can tank a salary negotiation in minutes, says hiring expert
UX Design Isn't Recession ProofIn fact, many UX designers have found themselves struggling to find work, with some even being laid off multiple times in recent years.·medium.com·Nov 3, 2024UX Design Isn't Recession Proof
Why Tech Employee Productivity CrateredLet’s talk about how techies got nerfed·ehandbook.com·Nov 3, 2024Why Tech Employee Productivity Cratered
Here’s How Companies Are Surviving Without Laying Off EmployeesYou can’t cut your way to growth, but you can save your company without gutting it·ehandbook.com·Nov 3, 2024Here’s How Companies Are Surviving Without Laying Off Employees
Let’s Talk About The Real Reason For All These Tech LayoffsThe slew of tech job cuts are a massive mistake but also probably unavoidable·ehandbook.com·Nov 3, 2024Let’s Talk About The Real Reason For All These Tech Layoffs
What makes a Shitty UX designer and how to fix it (Part 01)I have mentored over a junior UX designers on adplist.org in the past two years, and here are what I realized.·medium.com·Nov 3, 2024What makes a Shitty UX designer and how to fix it (Part 01)
ADPlist rejected me as a mentor despite a 25+ year career in designHow cultural sincerity can lead to enormous misunderstandings·medium.com·Nov 3, 2024ADPlist rejected me as a mentor despite a 25+ year career in design