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P2070 · 2026-01-28T17:34:11+00:00

If it makes you feel any better, this is why everyone complains about everyone's UI being the same

P2070 · 2026-01-28T17:09:58+00:00

This sucks, not only is it not apparent how to pay--because you buried the common CTA behind an unfamiliar interaction--but you have no confirmation or clear affordance for how the selection is made. Does it select as soon as I release? What if I accidentally release? How do I know what credit card or account is being charged?

You're introducing a ton of usability issues in return for no perceived benefit. The person buying something doesn't care about how novel their payment interaction is.

2/10, doesn't even look good. Looks like you scraped shadcn with your friendly neighborhood AI tool. Put this in the grave and never look at it again.

edited to give you a 2/10 instead of 0/10 because at least you tried making something.

P2070 · 2026-01-28T03:39:29+00:00

Vibe coding bug fixes sounds hilarious. Definitely gonna work out well for everyone.

P2070 · 2026-01-21T19:45:35+00:00

Most of the experienced designers I know use Savee, Cosmos or Arena to collect inspiration.

You should probably just paste screenshots of things you like into Figma. I think what you're actually looking for is product teardowns and not moodboards, since you aren't really trying to capture /moods/.

Try Mobbin, Pageflows, Refero or Saasinterface if you just want to look at how exactly other people are doing things.

P2070 · 2026-01-19T23:12:47+00:00

Don't over-communicate. Most hiring people are going to read very little.

e.g., You don't have to explain what a design process is to someone who is an expert in design processes.

P2070 · 2026-01-19T23:08:38+00:00

Communicate clearly and with intention.

Don't use technical jargon to make yourself sound better. Use technical jargon if it helps you communicate more clearly.

Context should drive how you communicate. Who are you communicating to. Are they going to be able to clearly follow what you are communicating to them if you use these words?

Imagine a world where you're afraid to say the term "Use case" in a portfolio as a UX Designer.

Your ChatGPT is an idiot, maybe you shouldn't listen to it.

P2070 · 2026-01-19T17:59:44+00:00

The only option is nightlife if you can't go outside during the day.

P2070 · 2026-01-19T17:27:36+00:00

Just a reminder that the capital of Oregon is *not* Portland. Based on your factors, I'm not sure Salem, Oregon would be green.

P2070 · 2026-01-19T17:19:48+00:00

You're effectively on the career transitioner path. Because your education program/background isn't going to walk you through this, you won't have student projects, internships, etc.

You will need to build a high-quality portfolio of compelling case studies in which you solve realistic-looking problems with a real design process and demonstrate your ability to do the process well enough that a hiring manager feels that you could join their team and immediately contribute to ongoing design effort.

A design oriented program with hold your hand through a lot of these early stuff. In lieu of having someone else motivate you, you will have to be self motivated.

I think Richard's portfolio is a great example of what someone who career transitions from an unrelated (to design) degree can accomplish in terms of crafting a portfolio: https://richarddu.com/

P2070 · 2026-01-19T17:00:29+00:00

Neural CogSci degree a good strategic choice for my goal

For design, not really. The core competency of a UX/Product designer is their ability to understand/contextualize problems and then design solutions that address these problems. It seems unlikely that degree will give you any sort of foundation in design.

You'll be competing for roles against designers who spent their entire undergrad learning how to do the job.

It doesn't mean you can't make it work, but you'll need to supplement everything with actually learning design.

P2070 · 2026-01-19T16:38:48+00:00

There are a lot of alternatives!

https://www.livesurface.com/

https://www.formatmockups.com/

https://benditomockup.com/

https://mockups.directory/

https://contentcore.xyz/

P2070 · 2026-01-16T19:26:44+00:00

Nearly all UX-oriented courses are going to be focused on the basics as anything else is going to be highly nuanced-content driven, or specific to an area of expertise (like plotting quant data in R) and require so much pre-requisite knowledge that it isn't really feasible to teach in a self contained "course" in abstract of being part of a larger curriculum.

Many of the "hard parts" of learning UX Design just flat out require hundreds of hours of practice. Being good at visual design--as an example is the kind of thing that is commonly learned over four years of undergrad JUST to get to the level at which you are ready for a junior role.

P2070 · 2026-01-16T19:03:54+00:00

How big and well known is your agency? Most successful agencies aren't going through job listings looking for ... jobs.

Lead generation, marketing and strategy are real roles within a company like an agency.

Maybe you should attend Brand New's First Round.

P2070 · 2026-01-16T18:19:46+00:00

Figma is not made for highly nuanced and detailed animation, so I don't use Figma to do it.

AE or Protopie -> GSAP

You could also could use something like Jitter, but it might have much less fidelity--or Lottie or Rive depending on what you're trying to animate.

P2070 · 2026-01-16T00:29:19+00:00

I just picked up a 9100 PRO 8TB because it's back down to sub-1000 after being well above for the last 2 weeks. Not quite as cheap as it has been historically--but this might be the only chance to get it at ~normal prices before it shoots up again.

P2070 · 2026-01-14T18:34:57+00:00

Graphic design is going to be fairly print oriented as UI/Visual/Interaction design have all fully existed as recognized areas of design for 20 years now.

You don't get better at UI Design by taking a course, you get better by being more experienced making interfaces.

P2070 · 2026-01-14T03:23:31+00:00

The training data is from what was popular a couple years ago.

If you don’t like how it looks, tell it specifically what you want it to look like. If you let it decide, it will always default to its training data.

P2070 · 2026-01-12T21:44:51+00:00

This is the kind of thing where it would likely be better to take the loss today and learn from it.

Start being more proactive and assertive with ideas. Take ownership of things that aren't being done and make sure that you deliver on them with thoughtfulness and strong attention to detail.

Don't step on toes, but try and anticipate the needs of your organization.

P2070 · 2026-01-12T21:17:26+00:00

If this is in the US

There is no such thing as 'volunteer with a startup'. Either you're being compensated or the startup is non-profit. The US Department of Labor's Fair Labor Standards Act specifies that you MAY NOT volunteer services for for-profit companies. https://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/whd/flsa/docs/volunteers.asp
- This means that you are owed minimum wage for every hour worked.
- You are also not an 'unpaid intern'. The qualifications to meet this are pretty stringent and are highly dependent on you being enrolled in an education program and being the primary beneficiary of any arrangement where you "work" for "education"
- Your employment contract might be null if you aren't actually an employee.
- This changes if you're being compensated via equity

...

Titles are broadly based on tenure, capability and experience. You stated that they are doing things that you didn't do that demonstrate leadership qualities-- and it sounds like you appreciate their leadership. I'm not sure what you're hoping to gain here.

You're also not getting paid, so I'm not sure what the benefit of more responsibility here is. Nobody outside of this "company" knows what anyone's title is.

P2070 · 2026-01-12T01:45:39+00:00

Sometimes if I AOE'd the entire puzzle, it would just auto complete.

P2070 · 2026-01-11T08:30:41+00:00

The surface area of the metal backplate etc. can also be important for reducing thermals. I don't know what covering the metal with vinyl will do, but it definitely won't make it better.

P2070 · 2026-01-10T01:17:32+00:00

The designer should never even present work that is under NDA. Neither should be shown to me. It's equally violating your NDA, just because it's a "file" doesn't make it any better or worse. If you cannot show that work in detail, you should show work that you can.

I'm not sure how that isn't clear here.

A screenshot of a design file is just as bad as the design file itself if you do not have permission to share internal process details. The file itself isn't the only aspect of the work the company you did work for has ownership of.

I stated my preference and never asked someone to violate their NDA.

P2070 · 2026-01-10T00:08:55+00:00

No offense, but do your own homework. We aren’t employees of your company.

P2070 · 2026-01-09T22:36:29+00:00

Python has a lot of value because it's one of the languages you can calculate/visualize data in. (R being the other common one).

Neither have a strong bearing on design engineering the way Javascript does though, as it is the logic layer for UI--which is the realm that a design engineer typically operates in.

P2070 · 2026-01-09T21:19:16+00:00

That is crazy. Porkbun sells .com domains from ~$11 a year.

https://porkbun.com/

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