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Design Table Podcast — 62 episodes

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Design Quick Fire Round - Job Titles, Email Design, and Why AI Made Us Less Proud Of Our Work

2

Product Design Money Talk - How To Go From $50 To $95 An Hour Doing The Same Work

3

I Got Fired Over Christmas And Nobody Told Me - Product Design Horror Stories

4

The 4 Skills Every Product Designer Needs Right Now (Figma isn't One of Them)

5

Is AI replacing designers? Not Really. There's A Bigger Danger

6

10 Things Companies Hiring Product Designers Want From You Right Now

7

Live Portfolio Review - Your Hero Section Is Costing You The Interview

8

The take-home design challenge is broken. Here's how to survive it anyway.

9

Do you have to use AI to get a design job? (our listener asks)

10

Is Everything You Design Already Copied?

11

You Are Not Behind: A Mental Health Check for Product Designers in 2026

12

"Go Fix It Yourself" (The Best Thing A Senior Developer Told Me)

13

Everyone's Switching Design Tools - I'm Not. Here's Why

14

I Spent a Month Trying to Quit Figma. It Failed.

15

Product Design Perfectionism: Why 97 Out of a 100 Is Not Good Enough

16

I Got Let Go Twice. Here’s How I Still Built a 16-Year Design Career

17

How Nick Became a Freelance Product Designer Making Six Figures

18

Why The Best Product Designers SAY LESS In Interviews

19

If Figma Disappeared Tomorrow, Would You Still Have a Job?

20

The AI Skill Most Product Designers Are Sleeping On

21

Your Portfolio Platform Doesn't Matter (Stop Overthinking It)

22

This Product Designer Built a SaaS Product in a Weekend (And There's No Way Back)

23

How Designers Actually Get Hired (After Being Laid Off)

24

How to Survive as the Only Product Designer at a Company

25

Everyone Can Ship Now… But Should They? Product Designers, AI, and the Shipping Problem

26

How Two Product Designers Actually Use AI (Prompting, Vibe Coding, and Real Work)

27

Generalist vs. Specialist Designers: Why “Doing Everything” Is Back (and Who It Hurts)

28

Why (Real) User Research Is Becoming a Career Advantage for Designers (Feat. Sara Fortier)

29

Users Lie, Data Misleads, and Why UX Research (Still) Matters

30

Your Stakeholders Don't Care About UX. Now What?!

31

The 4 Real Reasons Companies Hire Designers (And How to Prove Your Value) | Part 2

32

The 4 Real Reasons Companies Hire Designers (And How to Prove Your Value) | Part 1

33

Why I'm Building My Own Tools (And Why You Should Too)

34

Product Design Jobs Are Disappearing in 2026 (Here's How You Survive)

35

How Recruiters Actually Work and What Designers Get Wrong

36

How Two Senior Product Designers Actually Use AI (Without Losing Their Craft)

37

How to Start a Design Career in 2026 Without Burning Out or Falling for AI Fear

38

Design in 2025 Is (Not) Breaking Old Rules. Here’s What Actually Changed

39

3 Super Important Things to do When Looking to Relocate as a Product Designer

40

(Live) We Fix a Real UX Portfolio and Why Yours Is Not Getting You Hired

41

How to Build a UX Portfolio That Actually Gets You Hired - Your Step-by-Step Approach (Part 2)

42

How to Build a UX Portfolio That Actually Gets You Hired - Theory & Best Practices (Part 1)

43

(Live) Senior Product Designers Solve a Real User Adoption Problem

44

Crucial Tips to Go from Product Design Graduate to Your First Product Design Job

45

Why UX Coaching is the Shortcut Your Design Career Needs

46

10 Years of Conversion Secrets: UX Design Hacks That Actually Make Money

47

Design Mythbusters: 6 UX Myths That Hold Designers Back in 2025

48

Product Design Just Killed UX Design (What Roles to Look for Instead)

49

What Product Design Is Actually Like (It's Not What Social Media Tells You)

50

Why Studying UX and Product Design is Worth It More Than Ever (for 2025 and beyond)

51

Personal Branding for Product Designers: Overrated, Underrated, and Misunderstood

52

How You Use Motion to Ruin or Improve Product Design

53

Designers vs. Product Managers: Will They Become One?

54

The Future of Figma? Why Designers Are Switching Tools (Fast)

55

When Aesthetics Overshadow UX: A WWDC Design Debate

56

Stop Boring Stakeholders: How to Present Design (and Yourself) Like a Pro

57

Sketch, Ship, Scale: The Unsexy Work That Makes Great Designers

58

Figma Make Is Wild. But Is It Really the Future of Design? | Figma Config 2025 Breakdown

59

Should Designers Learn to Code? The AI Shift No One’s Ready For

60

The Mini-CEO Mindset: How Designers Earn Their Seat at the Table

61

Remote Work: The Dream, The Struggle, and The Reality Check

62

The ROI Lie: Why Design is More Than Just Pretty Pixels