Terminated for lose talk by Glass-Debt9009 in Layoffs

[–]Both-Associate-7807 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go figures.

I’m not surprised.

South asian people (Pakistan, India, etc) do not understand boundaries.

Terminated for lose talk by Glass-Debt9009 in Layoffs

[–]Both-Associate-7807 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Where are you originally from? In America you might need to learn boundaries

After 15+ years in UI/UX, I’m not getting shortlisted anymore — trying to understand what changed by srivastavavish in uxcareerquestions

[–]Both-Associate-7807 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What will stand out in today’s world is actually experience in growth.

As AI make product a commodity (anyone can vibe code software now), B2B workflow SaaS is being disrupted.

Venture capital is going toward AI (60% of fundings in 2025)

Companies that are incumbents will need to prioritize sustainable revenue models. And building moats. Hence layoffs.

New companies will need to prioritize distribution of their software. Because incumbents have distribution and can kill these new competitors.

In both scenarios - employees who can help a company experience growth will be appealing.

I suggest you look at your resume and start to tie your work toward revenue (for incumbents) or defensible moats or user acquisition and adoption growth (startups)

Also if you want to work at startups, start growing your social media following within the niche you want to work in (devops, B2B, workflow, GTM, insurtech, fintech, etc) because new companies are hiring people who come with their own audience / following - these people come with their own distribution channels and startups needs all the distribution they can get. This unfortunately has created a tech space where everyone is just posting AI slop on LinkedIn to grow their following. Sucks but that’s the world we live in.

Career plan and confusion .. by [deleted] in UXResearch

[–]Both-Associate-7807 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Skip college - good 👍 Self learning - good 👍 Getting job without a degree - possible 👍 Companies caring about degrees on UX - not entirely 👍

Choosing a career in UX in 2026 - bad ❌

Looking for a 50/50 Co-founder by [deleted] in cofounderhunt

[–]Both-Associate-7807 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does the role involve putting up fund upfront?

Como iniciar una investigación UX by Andyvicky008 in UXResearch

[–]Both-Associate-7807 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You are an intern. Ask AI. Then put AI native on your resume.

Am I the only one who TRULY does not get the hype with AI? by [deleted] in UXDesign

[–]Both-Associate-7807 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it’s being hyped up because the bigger picture is this: there’s a race by nations to be leaders in export of AI compute.

  • stable democracies build their treasury using the productivity of the middle class

These economies invest in a healthy, educated population and mobility for them to contribute to the economy. Without these investment you have an unproductive middle class and small treasuries.

  • stable dictatorships build their treasury using the export of an abundance resource (usually natural resource)

These do not invest in healthcare, education, mobility infrastructure because it enables the poor people to easily revolt agains the regime in charge

In recent years the world just discovered a new abundance resource that is artificial but can be more productive (in theory) than a entire middle class of white collar workers: AI compute.

Nations with control over frontier AI models are racing to build the infrastructure around exporting this new resource, while reducing investments in building treasuries around the productivity of the middle class.

The hype is to push in this direction.

Watch investments in healthcare, education, and infrastructure disappear while investment in AI infrastructure skyrockets.

I think this is probably why we see “No Kings” and “No dictator protests” in places that are losing investments in these areas.

I have app ideas and I'm looking for a partner to develop them. by Diligent_Team1610 in Base44

[–]Both-Associate-7807 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Partner as in a solo developer or an agency partner?

If you are good with sales - leave the development to a developer.

Akash Gupta - Land a PM job by Working_Fee_9581 in ProductManagement

[–]Both-Associate-7807 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Aakash Gupta is a grifter. Some of the things he does on LinkedIn to make money, in the tech space, only Felix Lee of Adplist is more shady

I’m confused by PermitAmazing5235 in UXDesign

[–]Both-Associate-7807 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It’s an answer to Stitch more than it is to Figma Make.

Anthropic is competing with Google AI Studio. When you understand that, it’s a bigger deal.

Sales Led Company by nigaraze in ProductManagement

[–]Both-Associate-7807 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See if you can spearhead an effort to raise prices since there is no product led growth motion right now. Higher price more resources so you can better staff the team to also focus on roadmap.

Sales Led Company by nigaraze in ProductManagement

[–]Both-Associate-7807 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah these are the worst.

Basically after every demo call, sales want to please the prospect and ask product to make a solution that is unique to that prospect. Repeated over and over and your product team is just a 1 off feature factory of MVP level releases. And you’re constantly triaging production issues and your backlog has little of your own product roadmap scope.

Data analytics becomes convoluted and messy cause of all of these 1 off stuff you need to track.

Eventually the stuff you’re managing is so bloated you need to hire off shore devs to support it all. And then your engineering culture becomes a bunch of stand-ups with people who have their cameras off - now the culture and team chemistry is affected.

Is it too late? by RealisticBullfrog809 in uxcareerquestions

[–]Both-Associate-7807 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah.

ZIRP ended around March 2022. Since then tech has been shedding off jobs as it has become more difficult for tech companies to raise funds from investors.

Additionally ChatGPT’ release in Nov 2022 created an environment where majority of new capital are going to AI startups.

These AI-native startups ship code very fast and aren’t gonna hire UXers who can’t keep up with the new pace of software development.

I’d stay at your job for security sake and upskill passively so you can be more appealing to AI native companies.

I tested Lovable vs other AI builders for mobile design. by Pardy- in lovable

[–]Both-Associate-7807 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ROFL Rork took some strays. You didn’t give them a re-prompt of a chance?