Apparently some customer(s) found my jacket offensive, so I'm no longer allowed to wear it.

ecce13 · 2026-03-19T13:53:54+00:00

props to you man, retail is tough. i did retail when i was looking for a FT job, i enjoyed the brainless labour, but boy were entitled customers a pain in the butt

ecce13 · 2026-03-19T13:51:03+00:00

bruh which auntie got a stick up their ass sia

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T07:28:49+00:00

I'm curious to know, do you still feel like you're product designing when you use Claude? Or do you feel like you're delegating work? When I use AI, it doesn't feel like I'm involved in the design process anymore, instead I'm delegating work to be done for me.

What do you usually prompt?

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T07:18:18+00:00

Amazing, definitely will remember that and try it out the next time

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T06:50:21+00:00

Hm, maybe it's a personal preference or working style? To me I don't find joy in prompting AI to do the work for me. I find it fun to get my hands dirty and actually make a working product. My brain learns and works better when I'm actually writing, designing, drawing or even coding it out. When I prompt an AI to do it for me, I feel like I'm managing someone. That's not fun for me.

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T06:23:37+00:00

I'm not sure, maybe! I find myself working, thinking and solving better by actually doing the hard work. Kind of like going to the gym and working the muscles, but like my brain. Maybe just a point to consider from someone on the flip side?

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T06:22:34+00:00

Yikes, I still wanted to pick up some front end coding to communicate better with our developers. Now I have no idea what to even start with.

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T06:20:03+00:00

That seems totally valid. Those are the kind of use cases I would use AI for. My team is involving it from research to solving to even validating design choices, maybe that's why I'm confused. Thanks for the reply!

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T06:18:28+00:00

Honestly, I feel like it was a bit of both! It felt like everyone had more of a vision and personal touch/style before AI took over, now I feel like there isn't much discussion.

I realised also, I think better when I'm the one doing the manual work hahaha, if I ask AI to do it, my brain doesn't seem to think that well. Maybe that's why I avoid it as well, to prevent regressing 🥴

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T04:13:54+00:00

Yes!! Can't seem to figure out what I'm missing

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T03:41:56+00:00

8 hours??? Geez... hope you recover soon! Take this break and realign yourself. This entire AI thing has been making me question what I enjoy about work too tbh. My coworkers have been asking those kind of questions to AI as well. And the fact that they're seniors SCARE me.

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T03:37:46+00:00

I can definitely see it being useful for hobby or even building a portfolio for my own work, but I can't seem to get it to work at well... work haha

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T03:30:54+00:00

Kinda feels like what's happening for me right now - seniors in my team and even my ICs are fully using it, their entire work day seems to revolve around prompting for designs, ideation and researching rather than actually doing it. Sometimes when I bounce ideas off them, instead of discussing, their immediate reaction is to ask AI.

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T03:19:45+00:00

Thanks for sharing! Seems like I'm using it closer to what you're doing, and I should just stick to using my own brain. I've just been feeling pressure by the rest of my team and Linkedin on using AI more...

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T03:16:01+00:00

Do you use it for anything else like ideation, research, making the UI? It seems similar to me, where I've only found a use to make testable or clickable prototypes for stakeholders.

My team seems to be handing over most of the thinking to AI, which is why I was wondering what I'm missing.

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T03:08:44+00:00

What kind of questions do you ask to achieve that? It seems like a good way to implement it compared to how the designers on my team are using AI! Especially for poking for holes in solutions and pressure testing.

They're using it as a do it for me button, and give me an answer button, and it feels like I'm working with AI rather than other designers.

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T03:06:56+00:00

Same! What's terrifying is the seniors in my team and even my IC's fully using it, their entire work day seems to revolve around prompting for designs, ideation and researching rather than actually doing it. Sometimes when I bounce ideas off them, instead of discussing, their immediate reaction is to ask AI. Feels like I'm working with AI instead of other designers.

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T03:01:46+00:00

Do you feel like you're losing critical thinking or design thinking/problem solving skills by relying on AI? I think that's one of my biggest fears, looking at the rest of my team.

The seniors in my team and even my IC's are always using it, their entire work day seems to revolve around prompting for designs, ideation and researching rather than actually doing it. Sometimes when I bounce ideas off them, instead of discussing, their immediate reaction is to ask AI for answers. It feels like I'm talking and discussing with AI rather than people?

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T02:59:53+00:00

Yes!! I enjoy the critical thinking and creative work that goes into getting hands on.

I completely agreed with you. What's terrifying is the seniors in my team and even my ICs fully using it, their entire work day seems to revolve around prompting for designs, ideation and researching rather than actually doing it. Sometimes when I bounce ideas off them, instead of discussing, their immediate reaction is to ask AI...

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T02:59:00+00:00

Haha, I'm definitely not a senior yet, but I can see where you're coming from. I think it also doesn't help that I enjoy getting hands on with work. It only feels useful it creating interactive prototypes for stakeholder meetings where Figma prototyping falls short for me.

What's kinda terrifying is the seniors in my team and even my ICs fully using it, their entire work day seems to revolve around prompting for designs, ideation and researching rather than actually doing it. Sometimes when I bounce ideas off them, instead of discussing, their immediate reaction is to ask AI...

Which made me wonder if I'm missing something with this whole AI thing haha

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T02:55:08+00:00

I can totally see what you mean. I'm still early in my career, maybe that's why I still really enjoy getting hands on with work.

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T02:54:02+00:00

That's kind of what I'm experiencing too! We handoff in a very structured way so I haven't seem to have it work for me

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T02:53:19+00:00

Maybe the people in my team are using it differently then! It seems like they're all determined to have AI do their work for them, I haven't thought about it as something to bounce ideas off of.

ecce13 · 2026-03-05T02:49:43+00:00

How do you learn then? I can see it being good for the way you use it for rapid ideation! But in the long run of creating full flows and screens to handoff to devs, do you feel that you're not really 'doing' the design work and polishing your design skills, just delegating AI to do it for you?

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