“I ran @uenodotco, a digital agency, for 7 years before selling it to Twitter. I’m seeing a lot of designers on here wondering about money. If you think I can be helpful you can ask me anything and I’ll spill all my beans.”

Some of my students were struggling to find internships, so I made this master list of studios for them to reach out to and figured I'd share it here too! It skews more towards the US + branding (my own bias) but I welcome any additions / nominations 💙 https://t.co/EBpGG89K7K— Elizabeth Goodspeed (@domesticetch) May 9, 2023

Freelancers, what are you charging these days?Here’s my ball park estimates.$850/day$115/hourly Baseline for web (dev+design): $5kBaseline for brand identity: $3.5k(Note, I sometimes adjust and tweak depending on client)— Riley Jones (@rileyj_s) April 6, 2023

How to get your first client or project as a new freelancer or graduate. Power tip: you can do this at any time, even if you have a full time job or are still in school.(a thread) pic.twitter.com/imXWVjAOyX— Chris Do (@theChrisDo) February 4, 2023

Realizing that “digital product designer” as an archetype is mostly extinct. Folks who are able to package technology in progressive ways. Instead we have ended with a rational archetype (born out of having to defend choices) and hyper specialists.— Tuhin Kumar (@tuhin) January 27, 2023

I'm hiring for a ⭐️very very very special role⭐️ on the FigJam team. An IC Design Lead that will be my closest working partner, as the team scales.🧵 Here's how I see this role...— jenny (@jenny_wen) December 6, 2022

design education is broken in large part because design hiring is broken— Maxim Leyzerovich (@round) January 21, 2022

Something tells me that it being promoted into a way of assessing “profile quality” by recruiters who have no design knowledge or time to talk to candidates has certainly not helped.— Ana (@dingbats__) September 18, 2022

8) Create a "digital bench"Build a curated library of talented people who do what you can't. Keep a list of other designers, developers, illustrators, copywriters, and strategists who you can call upon to 10x your projects.— Nick Pattison (@nick__pattison) May 18, 2022

I'll only ever design for startups.10+ years in and I'll never go back.Not only is it ridiculously fun...But I believe working at a startup is the FASTEST way to grow as a designer.11 reasons why 👇— Ridd 🏛 (@Ridderingand) September 11, 2022

Some people think UX design is just doing the facilitation or research work like personas and empathy mapping, etc. etc. and there are lots of bootcamps which teach only those things.— Helen Tran (@tranhelen) September 10, 2022

Ten questions every designer should consider asking in their next interview:— Tanner Christensen (@tannerc) May 18, 2022