A = Audience
In design, communication, and strategy, everything starts with the audience. A beautiful website or bold brand identity means little if it doesn’t resonate.

Know their pain points, map their journey, speak their language, and design for them... not you. The narrower you define your audience, the sharper your strategy and the stronger your message.

Which are the best forex card for an Indian travelling to UAE for a 2 months work engagement?

Business Transformation consulting project with a consumer products leader recently ended in NYC and looking for my next role

Hi I'm looking for a referral for a Product Manager role at big4 or FAANG. I'm currently working as a Product Manager for tech company supporting NYPD IT Bureau. As a vendor, I design and develop CMS/RMS applications. I have 9 years of experience and would love to connect with someone at those companies to discuss my candidature for a Product management role.

I’m interviewing for a solutions architect role and I was invited for a 2nd phone interview. Is this standard practice or is it like Google when the 1st interview has mixed results and they need another one to say go/no go?

How’s work life balance in forensics?

Kpi reply krta b h is group me
Techm need NPS account from kotak only
How to open a new one.

Hi Toasters, Welcome to the fishbowl!! Feel free to share your thoughts here.

Hi guys , are there any apps like shuttl operational in Hyderabad?

Just learned that we (family account) have still been paying for Netflix's DVD service, in addition to the streaming service. Last DVD rental? 2015.

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I am investing as a beginner. What is a good company to start a brokerage account with ? Fidelity, Ameri E Trade, ML? I’m looking to put my money in index funds.

Can someone share the details of cab or commute services in Hyderabad that provides occasional (twice or thrice per week) pick up & drop services to office (50-100kms).

What is your agency’s maternity or paternity leave policy?

I recently passed the CFE and was looking into the CAMS next. Any suggestions on how to best prepare for the CAMS? I’ve been mostly reviewing the index cards that come with the prep material.

Anyone at EY in Forensic Data Analytics? If so - do you like the work you’re doing/leadership/etc?

Can anyone provide some guidance to taking the CFE? As in which membership option to choose from followed by when exactly can we take the exam, if the entire amount is reimbursed or not? Just a generic timeline and additional required info. Don’t want to sign up yet if the exam dates are not flexible. Thank you.

How is FTI san francisco?

Is anyone expecting agency layoffs at the moment?

Feeling so meh lately about what the meaning of life is. Am I just supposed to wake up, try to workout, work forever, try to eat healthy and try to budget/save in my personal life. feeling very....

Is it true that most personal trainers at commercial gyms aren’t great? Or is that a misconception? I’ve heard this from a few people and I’ve also had a couple bad experiences.

FWIW, I’m about to join a gym (either chelsea piers fitness or crunch fitness) and looking to get a PT to improve my form, provide a meal plan, and set a routine.

Just want to say this is such a thoughtful bowl. Great responses, lots of questions on self improvement, sharing of resources. Love UX guys #empathy

Start up experience help! How much do you charge for taking on the entire UX of a startup companies’ app design?
Would you take a set amount of money or equity? Any experience here would help!

Many predict that the true economic impact will start in September. As a designer, how do you prepare yourself: Become more specialized? Move somewhere cheaper? Change field? ...

How do you get used to someone looking over your shoulder and watch you design? It makes me so nervous

Question! I just moved(transferred) to another team of my company and received new title, graphic & creative services. I was a senior graphic designer at the previous team. What do you think about my new title? I know that title is not a big thing but why I feel like my title is downgraded here… Good thing is my jobs here at my current team are what I really wanted to do. This is amazing. I love my new team and people here! Super healthy working environment! But just curious about the title.

Finally saved up enough $ to buy my first Wacom! Does anyone have tips on how to get used to using it? Or any good resources for inspiration /walk-thrus for drawing illustrations. I really want to dive into creating but need help pushing thru the learning curve

Does anyone know of a good place online to look for UI/UX designers who specialize in Figma?

just got a full time graphic design job. is there any reason why using the work-provided adobe creative cloud account for personal use is a bad idea? like privacy or something? i’m thinking of canceling my personal subscription and saving some money.

Finally got my first role as a UX Designer! Extremely excited and wanted to thank everyone that helped me out with questions and input!

What’s a Photoshop habit/technique you know is frowned upon but you continue to do out of convenience? Mine is destructive editing by changing adjustments directly instead of using a new adjustment layer (but only for simple projects). 🤦🏻‍♀️

Any designers working at IDEO? What’s the work-life balance like? Always been interested in the work but wonder what working there actually is like.

Late 90s: Web designer. Early–mid 2000s: Digital designer. Nxt 15 yrs: digital strat & creative (AD). Dropped 15K for General Assembly’s UXDI. Being rejected for basic UX roles bc I have no apps....

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I'm trying to find good examples of design systems with gamification. Does anyone have some recommendations? Thank you! 🌞

How do you know you’re a good designer? I get most of my ideas from being inspired by other work and just creating what I feel looks good. I know how to use design programs. But, I don’t know if that’s enough.

Anyone know any decent web developers that can quote for a project?

Any book recommendations for soft skills at an agency/studio? For stuff like giving feedback, meetings, presentations, client interaction, etc.

Hi! What's the entry level UX designer job pay range realistically? Just trying to gauge a general range (I understand factors such as location play into it big time)

Any advice on doing pro bono design work for nonprofits? I’m considering offering some work to a local nonprofit I believe in, but I’m not sure what kind of boundaries to set, how to approach them, etc. would love advice!

I quit my old job but am working PT for them till they find a replacement. Apparently they could not get a refund on a flight they booked me and my manager is asking if (not me, but I can see it in Teams) I can reimburse for the ticket. It’s $800, anyone know if this is legal?