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

Hourly pay rate

Hello fishes,

I have 2.5+ years of exp in Firewall, Proxy, Endpoint Security and SOC operations environment.
Currently I am working in a Datacenter, and am looking for a switch in same domain.
Kindly help me with referrals.

My Notice period is 90 days.

Hey all! Looking for a part time side gig I can do working from home in addition to my full time job.

Have enough miles for one way business class or two way economy! Cathy Pacific JFK to BKK for December. Whats the good value for my points? I can buy a one way economy with cash (its reasonable)

Would anyone be willing to give me a referral to salesforce?

Hi Network
Can anyone refer me for a data science role ?

At what point do you folks just give up on working through an excel problem? I swear I could have saved time adding everything individually, but it would be a blow to my excel ego.

How to look about for opportunities for Acca candidate who has 3y experience in external audit ? Looking for suggestions ! Thanks

Range finders, are they worth it if you have an app that shows yardage already?

Hi ! DOES ANYONE HAS CONTACT OF GENUINE CAREER COUNSELLORS FOR MASTERS ? PLEASE PLEASE

I am mainly working with shops in the States as a non-native speaker and I am constantly worried about my ability to communicate (in any professional occasion but mostly in meetings). I am working with some of the best shops and this makes the situation worse considering that I am largely surrounded by an extremely competent group of folks that are super good at any form of communication. How do you feel as a native speaker when you meet non-natives? Should they be worried, or, they doing ok?

Hi all, iam currently looking for a job as java developer. my tech stack is java,springboot,mysql. Year of experience is 2.6 years.please do help me

For those that built higher end homes, what kind of appliance budget did you have?

Hi, where or what types of companies should sophomores & juniors apply for next summer (2022) to recruit for IB the following summer (2023)? This summer BBs wrapped up SA IB recruitment, EBs even earlier, and a fair amount of my friends missed out big time.

Also, if a sophomore or junior doesn’t get a finance-related summer internship (I.e tech) and aims for an IB SA or FT position, is it harder to break in?

Appreciate any advice and insight, thank you.

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

How can one transition from a Visual/graphic designer in marketing to a product designer? And what’s it like being a product designer w a visual design background? Will you completely leave behind the graphic design world or are you still wearing many hats and still fulfilling that design and creative buzz? What courses, or resources do you have to make that jump? Can my portfolio have made up projects for this? I feel like I’m starting all over in design school! Haha.

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....

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 😭😭

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?

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

Best online classes for newbies?

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?

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?

Interviewing at a few startups so I can stay in Europe. Whats a few red flags i should look out for?

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?

How do you handle revisions at a company?

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?

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

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 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.

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

Looking for recommendations for high-quality, high-volume print vendors? (120,000+ direct mailers) Any help would be appreciated.