PinnedPublished inBootcampI’ve seen 1000s apply for jobs. Here’s what actually works.Stop the application spray-and-pray. Instead, use this 3-step method that turns your network into your personal headhunting team. Plus, the…Oct 214Oct 214
PinnedPublished inBootcampThis design director is ready to quit. Here’s why.Last week, I was catching up with a design director at a tech company we all know. Our chat took an unexpected turn.Sep 56Sep 56
PinnedPublished inBootcampThe untold job description of design leaders (and why you still do it)There was the job description you signed up for. And then there’s the one you’ve actually been living.Oct 261Oct 261
Published inBootcampI’m being pulled in two directionsA design leader gets real about the tension between strategy and delivery.Nov 29Nov 29
Published inBootcampSmall design teams are winningDesign has become a series of theatrical productions.Nov 28Nov 28
Published inBootcampThe quantum entanglement of careersLila’s career was a mess of tangled threads. A designer by day, a jazz musician by night, a weekend warrior poet scribbling verses on…Nov 25Nov 25
Published inBootcampExperience required (But please don’t use it)Notes on the curious way companies interview designers vs how they treat them.Nov 23Nov 23
Published inBootcampThe problem with how we grow our careersThere’s a gap in how most of us think about professional growth. And it’s been bugging me for years.Nov 21Nov 21
Published inBootcampOur best designers are leaving and it’s our fault.That’s what a design manager told me last week.Nov 152Nov 152
