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If Your Portfolio Was Made With AI Tools for UX Design, Show Me One Decision You Made
A client – B2B SaaS, 34 employees, Series A, scaling fast – needed a contractor for a 3-month engagement. Dashboard redesign, onboarding flow, design system foundations. Senior-level work. $8,500/mont
If Your Brief Includes a UX Design Skills List, I Already Know How This Project Ends
It was a referral. Good sign, usually.
The UI UX Design Portfolio Is a Story Designers Tell Themselves
You know how this goes.
UX Design Entry Level Jobs Don't Develop Junior Designers. They Filter for Survivors
Six months into her first junior role, she kept doing something her manager couldn't figure out.
UX Design Internships Taught Designers Their Work Was Disposable. AI Confirmed It.
Six months into her first junior role, she kept doing something her manager couldn't figure out.
You Need This UX Work by Friday (It's Thursday and You Just Sent the Brief)
Got a Slack message Tuesday afternoon. 2:47pm.
Your 'Full-Stack Designer' Is Actually Two Junior People
Mark – B2B SaaS, 41 employees, Series A – hired an agency for a dashboard redesign. Three months, $35,000, "a senior full-stack designer with eight years of UI/UX design and development experience." S
You're Hiring a Freelance UX Designer (Who Works Like Your Employee)
Discovery call last month. SaaS startup, 12 people, looking to hire a freelance UX designer.
Enterprise UX Design Would Be Fine If Enterprises Weren't Allergic to Decisions
Got a call two months ago. Enterprise software company, 650 employees, been around 12 years, profitable.
UX Design Is a Great Career If You Enjoy Being Told You're Wrong by People Who Can't Draw a Rectangle
Got an email last week from a design student asking: "Is UX design a good career?"
If You're Redesigning to Avoid Fixing Your Business Model, I'm Out
The call started normal enough.
Hidden Cost of 'UX Consultant' Positioning: Replaceable, Underpaid, Forgotten
For three years, my LinkedIn headline said "UX Consultant."
My True Frequency Wants You to Explain Your Job
Let me show you something. This is a Mad Libs for people who can't articulate their value proposition:
Why I Stopped Hiring UX Designers with 'Great Soft Skills'
Five years ago, I hired a UX designer with exceptional soft skills. Articulate in meetings. Diplomatic with stakeholders. Created beautiful presentation decks. Responded to Slack within minutes with e
B2B SaaS Onboarding Is a Multiplayer Game (You're Designing for the Wrong Player)
Your perfect onboarding just got killed by someone who never saw it.
If You Have More Than 4 Stakeholders, I'm Walking Away
The project was fine. Good product. Clear brief. Reasonable timeline. They paid on time. Nobody yelled at me. I delivered everything they asked for, and they were happy with it.
Building an Audience Through Strategic Authenticity
The most common advice for building an audience is "just be yourself."
Why I Only Design Mobile Apps for One Type of Client Now
After designing mobile apps that made everyone miserable, I figured out which clients are worth the headache.
The UI UX Design Skills Lie That's Bankrupting Designers
If you need seventeen different skills just to get an entry-level job, maybe the problem isn't your qualifications.
Why Most Banking App UX Is Broken at £0 - and How to Fix It Fast
Most banking apps look fantastic when the balance is healthy.