“Oh no, my client asked if I could make the graphic bigger. I hate my clients”

Can we stop this humor? We’re designers. We can come up with less obvious jokes that also make it seem like we hate our jobs.

Does anyone have any experience with General Motor’s HireVue process?

What’s it like being a senior in-house corporate attorney in biotech or tech? Is the work interesting or is it mainly just reviewing contracts and admin/CYA work for biz folks?

Korn Ferry, Russell Reynolds or Heidrick & Struggles? Which one is better and why?

The Super Valu Christmas ad is so good. That’s the winner this year for me 👏👏👏

Just started my career and looking for advice. Other than putting money into my 401k what opportunities should I be looking at? I live for free so I have a decent amount of money.

What is Bain & Company comp at Consultant (post-MBA) rank?

I am desperately trying to get an inhouse real estate position at Google, applied so many times and I am qualified, don't know how to get through all the people applying, anyone have thoughts?

To the author the the “Lately I’ve been getting the vibe that I am [being Frozen Out (BigLaw term of art for your concerns or situation)]. My TOME on how to handle the situation through every route if and until you leave BigLaw appears to have suddenly NOW posted. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️. My keyboard is sticking on the site so there are surely typos (I long ago turned off Auto-Corrupt). My sympathy, best wishes, and offer of trustworthy support(BEEN THERE, SEEN IT, put in my decade in BigLaw) still stands.

Recently got offered a freelance consulting role for the month of December. Will be mostly focusing on award submissions. Never done this before and I have to send hours/rates, any tips?

Creatives (or anyone really) who have depression and/or anxiety, how do you keep creating when your mental health issues become really overwhelming? Do you guys have particular strategies?

1. How much is the 4% bonus in CTC of DEUTSCHE BANK considering 36LPA to be fixed(excluding PF and Gratuity).

2. Also, Is the fixed salary really like only Income Tax deduction or any other deduction as well? Note: Just had a offer discussion with HR, yet to receive my offer letter

YOE : 10 Skillset: AWS Devops Deutsche Bank Deloitte Accenture Tata Consultancy PwC Citi

Taking Reg this Friday so wish me luck

So am I supposed to work tomorrow or nah?

Anyone here in EY USA and can point me to the maternity policy? I can only find Canadian or UK versions ok the policy site!

How are you all feeling about these plans to add more bike lanes to the city? I'm all for it but I've seen a lot of small business owners acting like it's the end of the world.

Anyone hiring any jr/mid level art directors in New York?

People who don’t submit their time daily, how do you remember what you did and for how long? I’ve always just submitted each timer as soon as I finish a task—“call with x re y” really doesn’t take that long even if I’m busy, and if I don’t do it immediately I’ll forget all those little I did in the morning by the time I go to bed. No shade at all to those with different systems, just genuinely curious because I see a lot about catching up at month end on here and I have no idea how that works??

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.

What are the key differences between junior and mid level roles in terms of job responsibilities, design knowledge, project oversight, etc?

Is $90k - $100k a reasonable salary range for a senior visual designer with 9 years of experience at a tech company? I’m seeing a lot of varying numbers, and trying to consider inflation as a possibility.

When you get stuck on a design or when you are starting a big project, what are your creative processes? Do you look at colors? inspiration? Pen and paper? Illustrate something? Want to work with my designer on a toolbox of steps to pick from to find what works best for their individual creative process? I know my creative process is look at inspiration, pen and paper, then start designing, but I don’t want to assume that’s theirs too.

anyone else hype about the new macbooks 👀

already pre-ordered

with apple silicon, adobe better get indesign running faster than i’ve ever seen it.

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

Someone talk to me about Isobar and/or IA Collaborative. 👍👎❓

Do you like humor incorporated into resumes? Why or why not?

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?

Looking for in-house work, feeling depressed about the options in Chicago. Anyone have any leads or advice?

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

For those of you who are currently working at or have worked in the past in Deloitte, McKinsey, etc - What is it like working at the big 4 consultancy as a UX designer? Do you think you are able to get strong portfolios out of the work? Do you think it would help you career? Asking as someone considering to move from in-house to a consultancy.

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). 🤦🏻‍♀️

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.

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

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!

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 started a new job just 7 weeks ago, but an opportunity for a dream job just suddenly and unexpectedly fell into my lap! It’s a lot more money, more aligned with my career goals, and will have better work life balance. I’d be an idiot to not take this great new opportunity! That being said… I’m going to feel bad leaving this new job so soon. I’m sure they’ll be disappointed and maybe even angry… is there any way to NOT burn bridges on my way out of this current job?

How many different projects would you show in your book? I’m redoing my portfolio and find it so hard to know what should make the cut...