If you've worked in UX or product long enough, you've probably had this experience.

In my last article, I wrote about how designers burn out when they aren't heard or invited to decision-making. Something stuck with me after I published it. Any product design team is only as good as the people around them.

Most design organizations don't fail because they lack talent. Fail is generous. They fade because they're caught in a cycle that nobody outside the team themselves really talks about.

When I am looking for the next opportunity, I have identified specific areas that help me determine if an organization will be a good fit for me.

UX professionals need to stop expecting their employer to care about their career advancement as much as they do for themselves.

The Product, UX, and Engineering industries are in flux. You already know this. Between economic chaos, political instability, and AI upending everything we thought we understood about our work, teams are losing headcount while the workload doubles.