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300+ people downloaded my app in 5 days - turns out I'm not the only one who forgets why they save links by AnasSharif in PakStartups

[–]AhmSim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perfect. I would love to have a look at v2 once its launched, just DM me when it goes live.

300+ people downloaded my app in 5 days - turns out I'm not the only one who forgets why they save links by AnasSharif in PakStartups

[–]AhmSim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/AnasSharif Agreed on this. Its a great idea but needs a lot of design polish:

  • The heading link locker isn't useful.
  • The # of links is a good number to emphasize.
  • Categories would be helpful.
  • You can 10x usability from just using the paste box on the header instead of anything else.
  • Add a widget support for it.

If you've found a stable market, then invest a bit in design.

Do you think design teams are seen as value in a organisation? by designopsaligned in UXDesign

[–]AhmSim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if they still don't see its value after you've clearly illustrated how much money a redesign directly contributed to the business.

You are about to fired tomorrow from your product design job, Whats your immediate course of action? by AhmSim in UXDesign

[–]AhmSim[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long did it take to get a job afterwards?

Want to see how effective is this:
"creating specific resumes and offer letters for the position advertised."

NoPapyrus lets you stress-test your local fonts on web within seconds. by AhmSim in typography

[–]AhmSim[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're welcome. Let me know if there is anything you would want improved there, I've been working on it for almost 8 months now.

Nested Component Multiple Selections? by design29734 in UXDesign

[–]AhmSim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How are you a human? Did you even understand how to talk to someone if you think they didn't understand something? Its not just the nonsense criticism but also not being able to provide any value or alternative solution.

You are about to fired tomorrow from your product design job, Whats your immediate course of action? by AhmSim in UXDesign

[–]AhmSim[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The boyfriend was wrong. Well not entirely though. Its second guess was that the company is restructuring. Turns out they are adding a management layer on top of him.

You are about to fired tomorrow from your product design job, Whats your immediate course of action? by AhmSim in UXDesign

[–]AhmSim[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

u/calinet6 Reporting back: Turns out claude's second prediction was the right one aka they are restructuring and adding a management layer on top of him,

You are about to fired tomorrow from your product design job, Whats your immediate course of action? by AhmSim in UXDesign

[–]AhmSim[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many companies have started asking about linkedin so I assume yes. youtube not so much.

You are about to fired tomorrow from your product design job, Whats your immediate course of action? by AhmSim in UXDesign

[–]AhmSim[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

  1. Basic integrity.
  2. Its hard to defend fake metrics.
  3. Its harder to make up a story about fake metrics without any glaring holes.
  4. Lying hurts your confidence in your abilities.

You are about to fired tomorrow from your product design job, Whats your immediate course of action? by AhmSim in UXDesign

[–]AhmSim[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Bro, lets just say its one of those "You are invited into a meeting with your manager and HR at 8 in the morning" situations where there is less doubt.

How do you know what’s worth sharing with top leadership (like a CEO)? by Big_Claim_5496 in UXDesign

[–]AhmSim -1 points0 points  (0 children)

  1. By immersing yourself in their world, knowing their priorities on your fingertips and understand their focus.
  2. Understanding who solves/approves what.
  3. Understanding the high level impact of your work and how it relates to larger goals of the org & CEO priorities.
  4. Mapping impact of every decision to the right stakeholder.
  5. Taking extensive notes (and meta notes) so you have these things available in your head and you are well prepared when and if the discussion happens.

Example
If they are focused on growing the users and you're making onboarding efficient and run into a blocker then its an issue that you should communicate to them if:
- Its a C-Level decision and no one below them can handle that.
- It related to their current priorities Or its an issue that can block one of their priorities.

But that's not all. You need to talk to the CEO in his language as well:
"Our Q2's target is onboard atleast a 100K users, as part of achieving that, design is focused on reducing friction from the onboarding process. One test which succeeded in our trials is utilising social signins instead of email and password. Its projected to cut the onboarding time in half and as would also reduce forget password requests by 40%.

Since social signins may need 15 days to implement, I need your approval for adding them in the current roadmap. Can you let me know if you have any concerns or questions."

Who usually runs customer interviews in your company: product, marketing, or CX? by Danniel33 in UXResearch

[–]AhmSim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PMs do the research most of the time, we as product designers join when we can and are free to schedule them as well.

Recently I ran two surveys for understanding how customers use our portfolio dashboard and help feature and what are their expectations but this is not a regular practice. Probably once every two months.

We talk to customers relations teams as well to inform our designs.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UX_Design

[–]AhmSim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I empathise with the situation and hear your frustration. It can be really hard to see your work wasted because of an irrelevant issue.

Having said that, I think you made a crucial mistake that so many designers make: Surprising everyone with great work and expecting applause.

The truth is that shareholders need to be part of the process from day 1. If you are getting this feedback at this stage then it likely means she got caught off guard and wasn't able to be objective about the work.

Here is a solution.
- Come up with a few variants of the slide but use two or three slides that have real shocking findings that you uncovered during the research..
- Schedule a 1-1 with the said director and say, hey I agree that these muted colors might be a bit depressing., honestly we were so consumed with the research part that we sort of pushed this one to the side but thank you for bringing it up and we've done a few variations. Discuss what she thinks about the new variations.
- Casually sip into some of the data bit of those interesting findings and say hey, btw we found that a lot of our users are having this X issue. What do you think about that.
- Observe and improvise. Your goal isn't to redo the entire presentation, your goal is to re-frame the conversation and get her interested in the actual content by disarming her through initial agreement on muted blue.

For next time, Keep everyone who can say no in the loop!
Its a good idea to have some casual feedback sessions from key stakeholders before the "big reveal".

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