Last year I was approached by a recruiter for a company who asked if I was interested in a senior UX design role at a mid-sized fintech company. When I declined, the recruiter seemed confused. “You have five years of experience as a UX designer, you’ve led design teams, and…

I know you’ve seen the articles, the videos, the tweets. Six figures in six months! Your gangplank into tech, no experience required. Learn on YouTube, apply online, humblebrag at Thanksgiving dinner this year about your stock options, your company computer, your beanbag chairs and office laundromat. It’s easy, right? …

A friend of mine is a killer artist. When he draws from life, doodles a cartoon or sketches something on a napkin, it’s absolutely remarkable how the pen strokes go from a disjointed scramble to something immediately recognizable in a few seconds. …

When I was fourteen I wanted a Macbook so bad I was practically bleeding out my eyes. Unable to get one, I decided that I would just design my own operating system to rival the multi-billion dollar behemoth of Apple Computers. Armed with a curve sled, a ruler, a compass…

Despite the warnings from Western intelligence agencies, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in March sent shockwaves through the political, economic, and ecological world. As world governments scrambled to give aid, distressed citizens across the world took to the internet to speak out against the unearned violence and search for ways to…

A young girl in a TikTok video, perhaps fifteen or sixteen, sits on her bed in a schoolgirl outfit inspired by Japanese high schools. “What do you want me to say?” She says coyly, voice artificially pitched up. “Good morning? Hello?” The video cuts to the similarly aged girl who…

The interview process for UX designers terrifies most juniors and even midlevel designers. And why shouldn’t it? Every company that hires UX designers seems to have a different process based on their company’s UX maturity, but one test that stands above the rest is the whiteboard challenge. Long feared and…

Writing on Medium, like any other social media, can be something of a mixed bag, especially when it comes to payment. …

In an ideal world, UX designers would be drafted out of colleges and bootcamps like NFL players. Commentators would offer portfolio criticisms on live TV as the annual UX Combine went on, showcasing incoming rookies cranking out pixel perfect designs under the watchful eyes and whistles of design coaches. Scouts…