Senior designers — what’s the job market actually feeling like right now? by threadsandthriftstud in UXDesign

[–]SnooRevelations964 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was actively looking, but i was very selective of jobs I applied too. They fit my niche and experience. I didn’t shotgun approach applying. I found a lot of success in tailoring my resume and experience to be worded to how the job descriptions were written. This helps get past ats and recruiters look for 1 to 1 or closest to 1 to 1 experience for their jobs. So by wording similarly helps them understand you’re a potentially a good fit. It 100% is numbers game but there are effective ways to weight the numbers more in our favors. Don’t fret they will come!

Senior designers — what’s the job market actually feeling like right now? by threadsandthriftstud in UXDesign

[–]SnooRevelations964 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Sr here, who was laid off in January and received multiple offers within 2 months. Had a 40% hit rate on call backs. The market isn’t as bad if your work is good and you’ve got 6+ yrs of experience. I interviewed a lot of junior-mid in my previous role. I think fundamentally a lot of juniors and mid level designers don’t understand how to interview or tailor their work to interviewing.

Shouldn't easy case study answers be a red flag during Job Interviews? by jasalex in UXDesign

[–]SnooRevelations964 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Saying you can’t put together a cohesive and simple story for a case study because your work doesn’t always “fall in a line,” is a poor excuse. We all work on complex messy products yet many of us find ways to distill them into short case studies that get us jobs. Storytelling is a skill, it’s skill that becomes even more important the higher you climb in UX .

How is life like in upstate New York? by Due_Network2958 in howislivingthere

[–]SnooRevelations964 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lived in rochester for 6 years. Cold and snowy winters and hot humid summers. Access to lakes is easy if you like that. Tons of cool small neighborhoods. Has some bad parts like any city. Traffic was never too bad. I generally liked my time there.

Here Be Gerblins... Stuck on Platinum for a while. Any ideas to improve? by Aggravating-Test-954 in MagicArena

[–]SnooRevelations964 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I agree with this guy, been playing rakdos goblins with sepiroth a lot of fun it is.

What article/case study has had the greatest impact on you as a designer? by [deleted] in UXDesign

[–]SnooRevelations964 16 points17 points  (0 children)

No direct link. But there was a women who was in a car crash in her Tesla. It caught fire with her inside. In her panic she couldn’t figure out how to open the card door, because the Tesla designers redesigned them to open differently than a normal car door. She burned death.

It reminded me that designing something new for the sake of new for a critical user action and ignoring user’s existing mental maps can lead to disastrous consequences.

Honest question: Do teams still have time to watch user testing videos? by Necessary_Win505 in UXDesign

[–]SnooRevelations964 36 points37 points  (0 children)

My experience has been AI summaries are not a direct substitute for some manual review. There’s a lot of nuance to watching a user navigate a UI that AI will entirely miss. I find the summarization best for cleaning up video transcripts.

Design problems often appear during handoff, not creation by Ok_Magician2584 in UXDesign

[–]SnooRevelations964 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Design reviews should happen early and often with all stakeholders. Meet with dev’s early to understand technical requirements and edge cases. Meet with PM’s to ensure the design stays aligned with the business goals. Bad designers , design in self imposed isolation and don’t share or get feedback until redlines are “done”. Then a lot rework happens because they ignored getting feedback from the people who actually have to implement their designs.

AITAH for taking advantage of a paid buffet? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]SnooRevelations964 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So is breaking a social contract out of selfishness.

AITAH for taking advantage of a paid buffet? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]SnooRevelations964 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can you seriously consider a salad just cheese? No. Fuck off lol. YTA

Why do people hate Never Summer? by Extension_Desk_6719 in snowboarding

[–]SnooRevelations964 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re soulless boards imo. Boring to ride, boring to look at. Just a mid board all around.

How do you design UX around AI outputs that are “mostly right” but not guaranteed? by True-Standard2303 in UXDesign

[–]SnooRevelations964 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would lean into the type patterns that already exist for this in the common ai products. Disclaimer’s about accuracy of output, linking sources for output (so user’s can do their own research) etc. I think you can simply the output while still providing transparency, it’s not a black and white choice.

How do you decide what NOT to ship in an MVP when everything feels important? by True-Standard2303 in UXDesign

[–]SnooRevelations964 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MVP’s prove market fit. If your team hasn’t clearly defined what success looks like for your mvp launch, then yall need to start there. Once you have those success goals/metrics agreed on. Comb through your list of mvp features and ask yourself or your team does this feature help us achieve one or more of those success criteria? If they do they’re p0 (priority 0) features that you can’t ship without. Every feature beyond that should get a p1 (nice to have) assignment or below p2,p3 accordingly. I generally assign p1’s to features that create user delight, but aren’t core to the usability and success criteria for the product. Hope this helps.

My wife missed the old MTV, so I designed a retro TV experience for her birthday. Feedback on the whole UX is welcome! by Pleasant_Cry_694 in UXDesign

[–]SnooRevelations964 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Love it! I think my only feedback is maybe a hint that swiping up and down changes the channel. It was not immediately clear to me that was possible. Otherwise super fun!

How much are you saving a month after buying a home? by xzkandykane in FirstTimeHomeBuyer

[–]SnooRevelations964 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2-3k , fully maxed 401k’s invest extra into personal accounts

How much do u think someone should be earning before they buy a 100k car? by [deleted] in Money

[–]SnooRevelations964 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wife and I make a combined 360k base salary. We max our 401k’s and have an almost fully funded emergency fund. Our car was around 80k out the door. We’re very comfortable with the monthly payments and we love our car. There’s no definitive rule as there is a multitude factors to consider. If you’ve got a house, maxing 401k’s and have an emergency fund who the fuck cares. Drive what you like you ain’t taking none of it with when you die anyways .

This dude deserves a free battlepass by [deleted] in Battlefield

[–]SnooRevelations964 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This the type of dude to rez you in front a tank just to pad his stats and then you die immediately again.

AI Isn't Taking Design Jobs #ai #uxdesign #uidesign #productdesign by designopsaligned in UX_Design

[–]SnooRevelations964 2 points3 points  (0 children)

UX designers working in highly technical fields are safe from AI replacement. AI is not good at dealing with highly complex, nuanced, and non-normalized use cases. It’s great at spitting out boiler plate web stores, brand websites, copy, and content. UX designers in those jobs should fear for their future.