List: Growth | Curated by Karla Silvas

May 16, 2023
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Growth
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Bootcamp
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Nurkhon Akhmedov
Top UX portfolios that landed jobs at industry giants — Examples, Why we need it, What it consists…Discover the key elements and best practices from exceptional UX portfolios that secured positions at leading companies
Apr 23, 2023
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Apr 23, 2023
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UX Planet
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UXGO
How I went from unemployed to a self-made UXR @ Google & Disney with no UX education.UX Researchers are one of the most in-demand and thought-after jobs for students & UX enthusiasts in 2023. However, there continues to be a…
Oct 24, 2022
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Oct 24, 2022
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Bootcamp
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Jon Simmons
Joining a company as a designer is a high-wire act. Here’s a 7-step checklist so you don’t fall.In the excitement of a new role, we shouldn’t forget that we’re attempting to join a rocket ship mid-flight — the physics alone should…
Sep 22, 2022
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Sep 22, 2022
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Backpack Academy
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Matthew Reiswig
We’re cursing young UX designers with Senior titlesHow an insatiable desire for senior talent has stunted the careers of a whole era of designers
Oct 21, 2022
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Oct 21, 2022
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Bootcamp
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Jon Simmons
Teaching will supercharge your design career — just not how you thinkWhen I started teaching, I thought the main benefit would be to master the fundamentals of UX design. How wrong I was. But don’t worry…
Sep 17, 2022
Sep 17, 2022
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UX Planet
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Jeremy Bird
Vital UX skills that few designers have, and how to develop themRecently, I have been asked over and over again by budding young designers which skills I look for in UX candidates but that I have a hard…
Nov 26, 2018
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Nov 26, 2018
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Spotify Design
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Spotify Design
Finding your T-Shape as a Generalist DesignerTwo designers reflect on life as a generalist at Spotify and the career path that led them here.
Oct 5, 2022
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Oct 5, 2022
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Bootcamp
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Emilie Mazurek
Coffee chat with a Senior UX DesignerAnswering the 10 most popular questions I get asked in coffee chats to help junior UX Designers break into tech.
Jan 10, 2023
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Andrea Pacheco
What I Learned as a Product Designer at AppleIn 2021 I landed my dream job. Working at Apple, the holy grail of minimalistic design, innovation and creativity. A place where misfits…
Dec 30, 2022
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Dec 30, 2022
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UX Planet
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Chris Lee
How the senior designers I trained at Apple & Meta developed faster than others5 things they did more than everyone else
Jan 20, 2023
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Jan 20, 2023
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UX Planet
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Chris Lee
The best UX designers constantly do this to level up faster than their peersIronically, it comes from studying them!
Mar 22, 2023
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Mar 22, 2023
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The You Design System
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Mike Curtis
You, the Experience — Your Personal UX Maturity Level and Why It MattersApply UX maturity mindset to yourself to improve how you’re experienced by others.
May 1, 2023
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May 1, 2023
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The You Design System
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Mike Curtis
Stop focusing only on your lack of UX experience — the key solution is to gain UX wisdom.“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” — Albert Einstein
Oct 13, 2022
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Oct 13, 2022
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UX Collective
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Craig McLachlan
What a 52-year-old watch can teach us about UX and Digital Product DesignA look at cutting-edge watch design of the 1970s and the lessons we can learn and apply to UX and digital product design today.
Sep 30, 2022
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Sep 30, 2022
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Zalando Design
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Zalando Product Design
Transformative moments that propelled my product design careerPrincipal Product Designer Joydeep Sengupta shares some influential learnings that made him a go-to team member.
Aug 26, 2022
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Aug 26, 2022
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UX Collective
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Aaron James
A guide to becoming a senior product designerLearn how career ladders work and how to use a career plan to climb the ladder
Jan 8, 2022
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Jan 8, 2022
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The You Design System
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Mike Curtis
If you want to see meaningful progress in your UX career, focus on these 4 foundational areasMeaningful change happens from the inside, out.
Jan 17, 2022
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Jan 17, 2022
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Struck
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Jess Vice
To Be Good at UX, Study More than UXThis is a list of subjects and courses plus practical ideas I wish I’d had 10 years ago to help strengthen my UX expertise.
Oct 26, 2021
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Oct 26, 2021
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Livefront
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Ali Joaquin
Leveling Up as a Product Designer
Dec 10, 2021
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Dec 10, 2021
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Bootcamp
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Sakky B
Want to become a world-class Designer? Start organizing your NotionI will run down exactly how I organize my Notion for every product I work on. This has been refined over 10 products/companies, 18 months…
Oct 4, 2022
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Oct 4, 2022
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