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Learn, navigate and thrive in the design spectrum

Some say the “Open To Work” banner is bad bad bad. Don’t use it! Critical thinking for the most common reasons against the banner.

I’m talking about the kind of mistakes that cost me time, money, and even a few jobs.

I recently completed five years as a UX designer in the industry  -  navigating the fintech world, working on diverse products, helping…

Discover how to set yourself apart from others by strengthening your problem-solving skills and developing an unbiased mindset. This all…

Understand why you’re still better than AI

In this two-part series, Andrii Zhdan outlines common challenges faced at the start of a design career and offers advice to smooth your journey based on insights from his experience hiring designers. In Part 2, Andrii speaks about how you can grow faster in your brand-new junior UX job.

The quest for workplace clarity.

Discover how working in fast-paced, resource-constrained environments can shape you into a versatile, business-savvy designer

In this two-part series, Andrii Zhdan outlines common challenges faced at the start of a design career and offers advice to smooth your journey based on insights from his experience hiring designers. Learn why mastering design tools is crucial, how to build a strong portfolio, and tips for acing your first interviews.

How to Influence without Authority, the Soft Skills that Will Advance Your Career

In any profession, it's important to have a good set of soft skills in addition to your job-specific abilities. A few of these have stood…

Things that have actually mattered in my UX career

To anyone who has worked in their chosen career for at least a few years, it should be clear by now that what you learn in university is…

While we at most times associate UX with digital products it’s not always the case. We are surrounded by things that are all designed.

Adam Silver – interaction designer - London, UK

How people willingly slow down their career

Traditionally, the Maturity model has been associated only with processes.

Some things they just have to learn for themselves.

AI is coming for our pixels. How do we leverage our humanity to drive our destiny as designers?

Or why you should quit your dead-end job before it’s too late

Despite executives' expectations, a new study has found that artificial intelligence is hindering, rather than helping, employees' workloads.

Retaliation, burnout, targeted eliminations, and other horror stories from the tech industry. Are you next? How can you prepare?

This is a collection of relevant discussions regarding the UX career for 2024, here you will find research that was made, changes that…

The musings of a designer on what he loves about design and what he’s learned along the way.

I want to tell my story about how I came into the design, and how anyone can do the same with a certain will and dedication.

Thanks to all 170+ of you who voted last week on our cover design. The clear winner, coming in at over 70%, was this one, which makes me laugh every time. The book itself is in the layout stage (the manuscript gets converted to actual book pages) and on schedule for a release this September. Stay tuned for more details.

How you portray yourself matters as much as your work.

Your gift for explaining things can change your career

you have abilities most people don't - it's time to use them