Went to an Anthropic event. Got nice swag. Wear nice swag.
Was just casually asked if I was sponsored by a butt hole.
Was just casually asked if I was sponsored by a butt hole.
June 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Went to an Anthropic event. Got nice swag. Wear nice swag.
Was just casually asked if I was sponsored by a butt hole.
Was just casually asked if I was sponsored by a butt hole.
I'm ready for my next therapy session
May 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I'm ready for my next therapy session
Altman paid $6.5bn to get documented proof that he received a hug from Jonny Ive.
May 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Altman paid $6.5bn to get documented proof that he received a hug from Jonny Ive.
Yes I would love the opportunity to make half as much money and work twice as hard.
May 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Yes I would love the opportunity to make half as much money and work twice as hard.
"Disagree and commit" is just power dynamics manipulation.
Case in point: you never see someone with less power say this phrase and get someone with more power to commit to their idea. It's the same as "shut up and do as I say".
Why employees give it as "advice" on LI is beyond me.
Case in point: you never see someone with less power say this phrase and get someone with more power to commit to their idea. It's the same as "shut up and do as I say".
Why employees give it as "advice" on LI is beyond me.
May 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Disagree and commit" is just power dynamics manipulation.
Case in point: you never see someone with less power say this phrase and get someone with more power to commit to their idea. It's the same as "shut up and do as I say".
Why employees give it as "advice" on LI is beyond me.
Case in point: you never see someone with less power say this phrase and get someone with more power to commit to their idea. It's the same as "shut up and do as I say".
Why employees give it as "advice" on LI is beyond me.
Pretty soon hiring managers will require designers to pull up Figma during an interview for a live-design exercise to prove that their portfolio wasn't made by AI.
April 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Pretty soon hiring managers will require designers to pull up Figma during an interview for a live-design exercise to prove that their portfolio wasn't made by AI.
genuinely shocked that not all content designers are also content creators. they're virtually the same set of skills amirite??
April 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
genuinely shocked that not all content designers are also content creators. they're virtually the same set of skills amirite??
Tech is always bragging about how it's "democratizing something", and it's never worked out well for anyone but the VCs. Mentorship democratized created 0 new jobs. Ride sharing democratized drove down driver earnings. Can't think of anything that tech truly democratized in meaningful/positive ways.
April 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Tech is always bragging about how it's "democratizing something", and it's never worked out well for anyone but the VCs. Mentorship democratized created 0 new jobs. Ride sharing democratized drove down driver earnings. Can't think of anything that tech truly democratized in meaningful/positive ways.
Designers and recruiters who talk about 'craft' and 'taste' don't actually know what these terms mean. They're just using it as a dog whistle to impress other designers and make them think that they're part of the 'in' crowd.
April 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Designers and recruiters who talk about 'craft' and 'taste' don't actually know what these terms mean. They're just using it as a dog whistle to impress other designers and make them think that they're part of the 'in' crowd.
Went to a designer event at Pratt Institute and it is unconscionable what design schools are doing. You can't charge ~$60,000 / YEAR for a degree that does not lead to a paying job. They're not even teaching hire-able skills. Nobody's hiring a Jr designer to just 'think' about design.
April 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Went to a designer event at Pratt Institute and it is unconscionable what design schools are doing. You can't charge ~$60,000 / YEAR for a degree that does not lead to a paying job. They're not even teaching hire-able skills. Nobody's hiring a Jr designer to just 'think' about design.
Designers who build and ship ‘high craft’ experiences with ‘exquisite taste' are now widely viewed as more experienced & better due conflation of employment rates & skill.
E.g.: a mediocre product designer makes more than most of the best graphic designers, but it doesn't mean they're 'better'.
E.g.: a mediocre product designer makes more than most of the best graphic designers, but it doesn't mean they're 'better'.
April 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Designers who build and ship ‘high craft’ experiences with ‘exquisite taste' are now widely viewed as more experienced & better due conflation of employment rates & skill.
E.g.: a mediocre product designer makes more than most of the best graphic designers, but it doesn't mean they're 'better'.
E.g.: a mediocre product designer makes more than most of the best graphic designers, but it doesn't mean they're 'better'.
Getting a design job in a tough market is such an open ended problem, you can easily over invest in some weird area that does nothing but makes you feel like it's doing something.
April 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Getting a design job in a tough market is such an open ended problem, you can easily over invest in some weird area that does nothing but makes you feel like it's doing something.
New business idea after looking at over a dozen unethical take-home design challenges: we do your design challenge for you, give you a presentation deck and talking points too. Only $500, you in?? JK, it's like $3k worth of work. Why are you doing it for free?
March 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New business idea after looking at over a dozen unethical take-home design challenges: we do your design challenge for you, give you a presentation deck and talking points too. Only $500, you in?? JK, it's like $3k worth of work. Why are you doing it for free?
I viewed recruiting solely as a problem to be solved, and forgot that I also needed to like to the work of solving the problem. So much of design work to me is just doing the necessary stuff that I don't like but was good at. I forgot I also need to like doing the recruiting work to be good at it.
March 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I viewed recruiting solely as a problem to be solved, and forgot that I also needed to like to the work of solving the problem. So much of design work to me is just doing the necessary stuff that I don't like but was good at. I forgot I also need to like doing the recruiting work to be good at it.
who's got the most fucked up design take home exercise? show me and I'll do it on live stream. must show company name so I can roast them while I do the stupidass exercise.
March 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
who's got the most fucked up design take home exercise? show me and I'll do it on live stream. must show company name so I can roast them while I do the stupidass exercise.
It's insane that someone can steal other designer's content to build up a huge audience which then enables them to take paid speaking gigs away from the same people they stole from.
That slot could have gone to Ruby Pryor, Amy Santee, or any UXR who creates good, original content. WTF Dovetail?
That slot could have gone to Ruby Pryor, Amy Santee, or any UXR who creates good, original content. WTF Dovetail?
March 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's insane that someone can steal other designer's content to build up a huge audience which then enables them to take paid speaking gigs away from the same people they stole from.
That slot could have gone to Ruby Pryor, Amy Santee, or any UXR who creates good, original content. WTF Dovetail?
That slot could have gone to Ruby Pryor, Amy Santee, or any UXR who creates good, original content. WTF Dovetail?
Petty confession time, early in my career, tech companies would have job fairs where they took resumes and gave out swag like stickers.
I would paste the stickers of companies that ghosted me on my computer as some kind of weird motivation. The sticker that I remember the most?
'Infor'
lol.
I would paste the stickers of companies that ghosted me on my computer as some kind of weird motivation. The sticker that I remember the most?
'Infor'
lol.
March 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Petty confession time, early in my career, tech companies would have job fairs where they took resumes and gave out swag like stickers.
I would paste the stickers of companies that ghosted me on my computer as some kind of weird motivation. The sticker that I remember the most?
'Infor'
lol.
I would paste the stickers of companies that ghosted me on my computer as some kind of weird motivation. The sticker that I remember the most?
'Infor'
lol.
does saying growing shareholder value 3x on a single LinkedIn ad summon the shareholder value fairy and boost shareholder value?
March 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
does saying growing shareholder value 3x on a single LinkedIn ad summon the shareholder value fairy and boost shareholder value?
Behold, the stupidest idea I've gotten, so far. Gather all the XU's who work in UX in NYC so we can grab drinks together.
March 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Behold, the stupidest idea I've gotten, so far. Gather all the XU's who work in UX in NYC so we can grab drinks together.
designers think they're innovating with AI but really they're just along for the ride as user testers. The people who decide how designers use AI aren't designers.
March 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
designers think they're innovating with AI but really they're just along for the ride as user testers. The people who decide how designers use AI aren't designers.
Design leaders talk about the impact of AI as binary outcomes of either replacing designers OR giving them super powers like it's a good thing.
More likely designers will continue to exist, they'll be able to do more with less, but they'll also be paid less. Just look at robots + warehouse workers.
More likely designers will continue to exist, they'll be able to do more with less, but they'll also be paid less. Just look at robots + warehouse workers.
March 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Design leaders talk about the impact of AI as binary outcomes of either replacing designers OR giving them super powers like it's a good thing.
More likely designers will continue to exist, they'll be able to do more with less, but they'll also be paid less. Just look at robots + warehouse workers.
More likely designers will continue to exist, they'll be able to do more with less, but they'll also be paid less. Just look at robots + warehouse workers.
2025 vibe: "I know the CEO is kind of an awful shit person but the product they make is really useful!"
March 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
2025 vibe: "I know the CEO is kind of an awful shit person but the product they make is really useful!"
definitely Russian psyops at play here.
March 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
definitely Russian psyops at play here.