As designers, it’s easy to focus only on visuals—but long-term growth comes from problem-solving and consistency.

From my experience working with international clients, strong design comes from understanding brand goals, user behavior, and clear communication—not just tools.

At this stage, I’m looking to move from freelancing into a company or long-term team role where I can contribute my design and web experience in a more structured environment.

Is there any realistic way where tipping in the US goes away and we start to be like other countries (e.g. Europe/Asia)? Raise the price of the food, pay servers a fair wage, no tips? Just a dream 😅

I'm guessing no because businesses will fight hard against this (customers subsidize wages) and certain servers benefit from tipping as well.

Only other thing I can think of is if everyone collectively decides not to ever tip again and it forces business to change. Won't happen though.

Been in Sales for 12years, done it all from transactional to complex, from 10k to 650M and from local to global, and 2 weeks to 24 months Sales Cycles - now aiming to move into a management role within the next two years, ideally mid sized business, build and execute a strategy for growth, shape a vision and drive the overall success on a more strategic level. Led teams and managers.

Masters and getting my MBA done currently - any advise what is key to make it happen?

Hi,

My EPF Transfer claim has been rejected by EPFO with a reason that -

Your Claim [ Claim Id - XXXXXXXXXXX ] has been rejected due to : 1) WAGES ARE MORE THAN 15K PLS SUMBIT PREVIOUS SERVICE DETAILS / REVISED 3A FORM 2) CLAIM ALREADY SETTLED

Can someone advise on this issue?

Missing nights from the Marriott-SPG just reappeared in my account! Anyone else ?

Has coronavirus affected your upward mobility? Or rather, make it harder to get promoted?

Looking to make a move from KPMG AAS and CBIZ (Director) and WilliamsMarston (MD) are front runners. Otherwise would make MD at KPMG this year. Thoughts/recommendations?

Hi all, I joined in Ibm on August -2022, but i am still on bench, is there any maximum time limit for sitting on bench, I heard lot of people are on bench, please help me to know the details

Current ctc - 11

offered ctc - 16.5
yoe - 4y
level - C4

Is it a good? and how much in-hand it will be?

Jummah Mubarak and Happy Friday 🤗! How’s everyone doing? Any plans for the weekend?

I have offer from Oracle and EnY. Working in oracle erp. Which company should I join?

I am serving notice period and in october month salary I haven’t received night shift allowance while other members of team have received it. Can anyone please confirm if there is such rule that within notice period Night shift allowance goes on hold and will be paid in FnF. Or should I raise this concern with my manager.

What’s a typical salary for a Director of Operations in the NYC area?

One month later, I still can't find toilet paper. Any stores that you know restock tp regularly? TIA

Anyone have a ballpark range on dataiku price per seat or however they price? It looks like an interesting product.

I am looking for some inspiration. If you were selecting the location for an office for 100 consultants in Zone 1. Where would you choose and why?

What process do you follow when working with product managers to solve customer pain points or work on new product features? I’m trying to find a better and more efficient way to work with my design team

What do when you’ve already accepted a job offer but then received a better offer? Does it look bad on you to decline the first offer?

UI designers everywhere: Please stop making “peek-a-boo-only” interfaces.

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

How do you handle revisions at a company?

Best online classes for newbies?

Hi all
I started out as a graphic designer. Worked for about 4yrs in different roles. Then i started a digital design role for 2 yrs and then made my transition into ux. i have been in a ux role for 5 years. But i want to steer my career towards something more creative. Like in 5-10 years I wouldn’t want to be a specialist or a ux director. I d like to be an art director or creative director. I love branding & marketing but also product. Would love something that allows me to do both?

Can we get a thread going of Senior Product Designer salaries.

I am currently a contractor and make $65/hr.

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

Is there any remote work available with base pay?? I’ve exhausted myself with Indeed, Zip Recruiter, and Glassdoor job searches and my unemployment is over 😭😭

Anyone currently working at Grubhub? I have an interview coming up and would love to hear other people’s opinions/experiences working on the product design team there. What’s the culture like?

If you see an open job posting at a company you want to work for, what steps do you take to apply? I’ve been told that cold applying and making no contacts is usually not going to lead to anything, and that’s been true in my experience. But should I reach out to someone first? Should i apply and then email someone? In HR? Or someone who’d be directly supervising me? Or someone at my level? And what should i say? Thanks!

My company is offering to pay for external learning (ie conferences, certifications, training etc) and I’m interested in growing my knowledge in branding. Are there any courses out there that y’all recommend?

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

Where do you keep your non-library original components in Figma? Do you put them to the side outside of a working frame, within its own “Components” page (like Sketch does for Symbols), or do you keep the original directly inside of one of your layouts?

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

Im working at a big multi-product company and we're having 5 dedicated product teams, however, teams are working in silos. Each team's has its own process, design system, technology etc. We identified that most of the teams use and need components that were already conceptualised, designed and developed, for our other products, and we are starting to create a global set of components, a global design system that we will use on all our products. What is your approach?

What are actionable items one should strive for when trying to grow as a designer after landing their first role? I hear a lot about ways to grow to land the first job but very little about how to improve after you know the basics.

Anyone made a switch to health tech companies? Do you like it?