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Ten Tips For The Aspiring Designer Beginners (Part 1)

Smashing Magazine Graphics

With entrance into the industry being so easy and lack of proper benchmarking (Note: this is somewhat contradictory to point 2, but more on that later) around what makes a good designer, software engineer, or product manager, we’re forced to face the facts that it’s a recipe for poor quality products. Finding a job is hard.

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Eclecticism and product process

UX Collective

How does your product manager sell ideas and prove value pre- and post-launch? But they also need to move beyond the production of pixels to understand how ideas are shaped, sold and shipped. Whenever I interview candidates, a portfolio quickly sets the bar for hard skills (color theory, typography, layout, accessibility).