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Bex
@noffybeans.bsky.social
Staff product designer @ Intuit

Systems thinking
B2B + enterprise SaaS
Platform teams
It depends.
#designsky
December 19, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Staff level design roles should increase focus on strategy and vision-setting, in addition to quality in execution. However, as a candidate interviewing for Staff-level roles, it feels like I'm being evaluated *only* on execution. What gives? Industry misconception of the role? My own misconception?
December 18, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Designers of Bluesky, I'm looking for insight from the industry. I'm trying to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between company size and impact a designer makes on a product.

If you work in-house as a product designer, could you answer me these riddles three?

#designsky #uxsky
December 12, 2024 at 2:44 AM
@framer.com I love your product, but unfortunately I won’t renew my subscription until/unless you natively implement password protection on individual pages (workarounds are not secure). I really need this for my portfolio. I would only consider Framer if I needed a basic open content-based site.
December 12, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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December 8, 2024 at 2:23 AM
I recently saw a post from a recruiter saying that senior designers with 4-8 years of experience are currently in the most demand, rather than managers who set vision but aren’t in the day-to-day details.
December 3, 2024 at 10:45 PM
I recently interviewed with a well-established late stage startup. There’d been a lot of positive signal from employees, and hyperbolic LinkedIn posts (“come join me alongside this incredible team on our rocketship to the moon! 🚀) that initially made me excited at the prospect of working there.
December 3, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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I must say this as clearly as possible: if you have, in the last ten years, thought "I just don't get tech" or that you're "getting old" or "you're not technical," you are the victim - so much of the tech industry is now oriented around making you do stuff rather than doing stuff for you.
I was seriously relieved when I started listening to your podcast and realized my increasing levels of frustration with modern tech are not because I'm getting older (I'm only 40 for gods's sake!) but because everything is actively getting worse. 🫠
November 29, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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“Don’t wait until design decisions are solidified to ask what your users think.”—Jessica Harllee

alistapart.com/article/shar... #ux #research #testing #iterating
Sharing Our Work: Testing and Feedback in Design
Showing your in-progress designs can be scary, but there’s no better way to keep your product in line with your users’ needs. Research and testing aren’t just boxes to be checked off; they’re metho…
alistapart.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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We’re thrilled to announce our launch on Product Hunt today, and we would greatly appreciate your support. 💫
Craft 3 is designed with you in mind, offering features like tasks, collections, and styling. It’s your ultimate tool, whether you’re on a plane, at work, or organising your life.
November 28, 2024 at 8:52 AM
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November 26, 2024 at 5:36 AM
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The messier the file the cleaner the design
November 25, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Holy smokes, what a great callout. How might companies adjust practices or culture to better accommodate all levels of experience?

open.substack.com/pub/mindauga...
Experience required (But please don't use it)
Notes on the curious way companies interview designers vs how they treat them
open.substack.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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Heck yeah we A/B test all our designs:

𝗔sk stakeholders which idea they like
𝗕uild that one
November 19, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Sic semper tyrannis
November 20, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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Not every layer needs to be named
November 15, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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