The $1,000 Render Is Dead

There was a time when a single architectural render cost $1,000, took three days, and four figures. I remember waiting four hours for a test render—another four for a small change, tomorrow for a new idea. That workflow no longer makes sense. Rendering isn’t the constraint anymore. Iteration is. When visualization happens in minutes, design decisions improve and projects move forward faster.

— Mac Beach Studio

Salary range for someone doing payroll, AR, and benefits administration with 12 years experience.

When I tell recruiter about other offer should I mention company name or that their a direct competitor or just say I have another offer?

Bajaj finance is extending an offer to me for Pune location of 16 LPA fixed. My current fixed is 11 LPA. Is this offer good enough ?
Tech stack: Machine learning, Python, R, PowerBI, Basic SQL.
YoE - 3 years

Can someone suggest if fixed pay is fair or low or high according to current standards. If it's low, how high should I quote to HR

I work for a non profit hospital - I’ve been offered a reclassification position from Finance Analyst I to Senior Analyst- what should I expect in regards to salary increase / is there any negotiating if the % is low?

Looking for a salesforce referral, highly qualified, passionate product manager seeking something new! Will DM the role(s)!

Does HR reference check multiple candidates after final interviews or should I expect an offer once my references check out?

Can anyone refer me for position of Data scientist.
I am currently serving notice period and have experience of 5.5 years

Any off beat documentaries to recommend? Just watched the Barkley Marathons.

Who owns renewals at your company? Customer Success? Renewal specialists? AEs?
There are a lot of articles out there but doesn't seem to be a consensus on this topic. My company is struggling with this and curious as to how others handle it.

If i submitted both bgv and prejoining formalities, i should join only Cognizant??? If i didn't join they will blacklist me?

Anyone else hear about PwC’s M&A tax reorganization?

Please suggest spark materials, looking for something not just theoretical but involves some practical aspects

Anyone works in the new-ish Google buildings in NYC - 315 / 345 Hudson street? How are they? Do they have typical Google amenities eg good food, gym, etc? Any other good/unusual facilities? TYIA!

What's the salary range for band 30 software developers?

I started a full time in-house design job that pays extremely well. I barely have to work at all. This makes me very confused since I kept hearing stories of people working 60+ hr weeks as designers at ad agencies. I am not complaining, but I have this creeping irrational feeling that I’ll get fired for not working even though there’s nothing for me to do. Should i be making up projects or asking for more work? Or just chill out? I just feel very confused. Are a lot of full time jobs like this?

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

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?

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

Want to switch from graphic design (mostly doing print, some digital) to UX/UI. Some advice, tips on how to make a transition? Classes, videos, books, interning? How to find first projects? Thanks.

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...

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.

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

How do you handle revisions at a company?

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

Any recos on in-person Sketch App workshops in Los Angeles?

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?

Are most companies paying for you to learn new skills? When acquiring new skills are you mostly self taught? What are your best go to sites for learning animation or video skills? Trying to gauge the norm on expectations for new hires who need to know everything from print, web, video, social and animation. Can you do it all?

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

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

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?

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

anyone know who created Palantir's website?

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