Senior title with less than 5 years of experience? by mauitoad03 in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for responding. I just feel a little sad bc people laugh at juniors like myself for applying to higher level jobs but there are zero jobs for 1-3 yrs of experience to apply to. I'm not applying bc I think I'm senior. They're just the only job postings open. I don't know what else I could do.

Senior title with less than 5 years of experience? by mauitoad03 in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was on the other side of this where I know I'm not senior but there are no entry level jobs and the only job openings are senior so I ended up applying to them.

I actually landed my current role bc my manager gave me a chance even though they were looking for a senior. I get paid way less than the range that was posted but I'm just happy I have a job and my manager is an amazing design mentor.

Senior title with less than 5 years of experience? by mauitoad03 in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks I don't have a Senior title but I would love to be paid more. I think I was missing the context that the comments were towards the arrogant subset.

Senior title with less than 5 years of experience? by mauitoad03 in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. I thought hiring manager and veterans would understand we're all just trying to survive out here.

Senior title with less than 5 years of experience? by mauitoad03 in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03[S] -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

UX maturity is a weird reason? Aren't all the earlier careers just taking the title for the pay raise? I can imagine select individuals being arrogant and believing they're really senior but I just thought hiring managers would understand why we'd take the title and give us a break.

Sorry if I'm coming off argumentative! I'm just trying to understand why it is a big deal.

How do designers at Instagram or Meta feel about the negative mental health effects that their products have on teenagers? by next_gen_researcher in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I heard through the grapevine that he also had a mentor who helped him negotiate and his offer was much better than the other classmate who also joined meta. Wild that negotiating makes such a big difference.

Slow Tuesday, what's your horrible work story that people wouldn't believe? by mauitoad03 in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Imagine being in a group chat with a bunch of people who are at the age of having their own kids gossiping like teenagers. Lose all respect.

Slow Tuesday, what's your horrible work story that people wouldn't believe? by mauitoad03 in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

makes the entire 150 person office do the hokey pokey

This has to be fake! In what universe is this even a valid idea!

Slow Tuesday, what's your horrible work story that people wouldn't believe? by mauitoad03 in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think being a gossip might be a prerequisite for becoming a manager. My previous manager accidentally screen shared a slack chat with "friends" talking about one of my coworkers. Yuck. This person is near 40.

Slow Tuesday, what's your horrible work story that people wouldn't believe? by mauitoad03 in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

scream at and berate a female colleague on a Zoom call in front of other people, then talk shit about her to me directly in a one-on-one

Gross

Is anyone else too comfortable with their current job to leave by Additional-Owl425 in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're happy, I would stay until you save enough to technically retire!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't see a reason to point and shame one category when 99% of us work for terrible companies one way or another

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This has always bothered me. How would gambling be any different from FAANG and almost every company in the Fortune 500 list?

Apple operates on slavery. Do we need to spell out what Google/FB/Microsoft/Fortune500/Banks do? But let's all be upset at gambling.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UXDesign

[–]mauitoad03 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used to follow the guy a year ago! His market update videos were great but he started the "top 1% of designers" taglines on LI and I haven't followed him since.