All Episodes

#180 The state of job hunting in 2026

#179 Building career capital with intention w/Dan Cariño

#178 What we got wrong about AI replacing design?

#177 What even is a design engineer? w/ Mehmet Baytaş, Senior Design Engineer @ Attio

#176 Design is not dead, but has changed

#175 The "dream job" has changed. What are designers aspiring to in 2026?

#174 What makes a portfolio feel senior in 2026?

#173 How to build taste in the age of AI?

#172 You don’t need a bootcamp to become a designer anymore

#171 Inside Lovable & Intercom: what top design talent looks like in 2026

#170 Lessons learned from 4y at a scale up

#169 How to speak the business language

#168 Will we still have design jobs in the future?

#167 How to stay sane in the age of AI

#166 How to get hired in 2026

#165 Skills and traits UX designers need in 2026

#164 Year-End Reflections

#163 Surviving Design - Why I Wrote a Book

#162 These skills will increase your salary in 2026

#161 How design industry is changing and what is getting behind us

#160 The design tools we actually use

#159 Should you get into UX design if you are starting out in 2026?

#158 The biggest hardships in our UX careers

#157 5-Step plan to get started with vibe-coding

#156 How to Become an Entrepreneur as a UX Designer

#155 Balancing Parenthood and a UX Career w/ Ran Liu

#154 Important Ideas from TED AI Vienna

#153 What I relearned from being a Product Manager

#152 How to nail your portfolio one-liner

#151 Designers become curators: UX in the age of generative UI

#150 What are design interviews really screening you for in 2025?

#149 Tech world has changed

#148 Lessons that shaped my design principles

#147 What designers really need to know about business w/ Ryan Rumsey

#146 Does product design quality still matter in 2025?

#145 The UX of Agentic AI w/Andrei Clodius

#144 Being a Junior Designer in the Age of AI

#143 Inclusive design w/Tej Kalianda

#142 Building the portfolio in the age of AI

#141 Designing Perplexity - The Builder's Guide to AI Design w/Henry Modisett

#140 Designers Coding with AI - Inside Intercom’s AI x Design Revolution w/Caitlin Rich

#139 Are designers best positioned for the age of AI?

#138 Live Maven Session: "Transition to an AI Design Role: Skills + Strategy"

#137 Growth design in the age of AI w/Kate Syuma

#136 From corporate to creative freedom: The Lumo studio story

#135 What should you do when you know you're underpaid?

#134 How to run a successful creative agency w/Hannah Carver

#133 How AI is Transforming UX Research w/Tina Ličková

#132 Running UX workshops

#131 Finding your strengths

#130 AI's Impact on the Design Process

#129 How to become an AI designer

#128 UX leadership during the tech crisis

#127 How to get promoted in UX design

#126 I am a senior designer now, what's next?

#125 A director's perspective on hiring UX designers in 2025 w/Chris Abad

#124 The skills UX designers need in 2025

#123 Year-End Reflections

#122 The State of Design Jobs in 2024-2025 w/Lena Kul

#121 How to prevent burnout? w/Meg Rye & Laurence Galland

#120 Favorite product design books

#119 Emerging and future design roles

#118 Mastering Whiteboarding and Take-Home Assignments in UX Design

#117 Designing for AI at Miro

#116 Making design decisions w/Tommy Geoco

#113 Making a difference as a designer w/Rachel Wu

#112 What to look for in a UX Role?

#113 Collaborating with developers

#112 Design market predictions

#111 Becoming a mature UX designer

#110 Storytelling in UX portfolios

#109 How AI is Shaping Design /w Pablo Stanley

#108 Landing a junior job at META amidst tech crisis /w Nitya Kumar

#107 How can your side interests help in you UX career?

#106 Remote vs. Office Jobs: Pros and Cons

#105 Discovering what you are good at as a UX designer

#104 Collaborating with content designers (at MEWS)

#103 When to stop hustling

#102 How to win against pushbacks in UX industry?

#101 Am I good enough?

#100 Sustainable UX Design w/Jonas Thorsten

#99 Being too easy vs too hard to work with as a designer

#98 Is it the time to quit UX and move on?

#97 Being an intern and pursuing a full-time role

#96 Designing for accessibility w/ Anna Cook

#95 How to negotiate salaries in UX design

#94 Designing in Uncertainty

#93 Juggling a Design Role and Parenthood

#92 AI's Impact on the Design Industry w/Jakob Nielsen

#91 Growing as UX designers

#90 Reflections and predictions from 2023

#89 My startup founder-designer story

#88 Choosing to work full time over freelancing

#87 How we failed a podcast re-branding project

#86 The Long-Awaited Return: UX and Life Check-in

#85 The Impact of AI on UX Design industry

#84 UX job hunting strategies

#83 Building a strong UX case study

#82 Standing out as a UX designer during job hunting

#81 Navigating UX career as a non-native English speaker

#80 Red flags in UX job postings (+big news drop)

#79 Finding your niche in UX design

#78 Freelancing as a UX designer

#77 Asking for design feedback

#76 Growth design w/Sera Tajima

#75 Dealing with UX job rejections w/Tanner Christensen

#74 Collaboration between designers and PMs

#73 A day in the life of a UX designer

#72 Design processes: expectations vs. reality

#71 Should we be worried about tech layoffs?

#70 Typical archetypes of designers

#69 Lessons learned in 2022

#68 Growing design maturity within the company

#67 Collaborating with UX researchers

#66 Getting started in UX design in 2023

#65 UX Design Research Tools

#64 Why did we choose a career in UX design?

#63 Building UX design educational program

#62 UX Design Horror Stories

#61 Why you are not getting UX job interviews?

#60 Surviving in a very technical company

#59 UX design conferences

#58 Should designers learn how to code?

#57 Typical mistakes designers are doing while applying for a job

#56 Freelancing as a UX Designer

#55 Future of UX design. Will robots steal our jobs?

#54 Retaining joy with side projects w/Design Life

#53 UX Writing w/Yuval Keshtcher

#52 Micromanagement at the workplace

#51 Working with old-school designers

#50 How to move from Junior to Mid Level Designer

#49 The role of UI in UX design world

#48 Designer at a fast-growing startup

#47 White-boarding challenges | Job hunting

#46 Being a design team of one

#45 Salaries and payments in UX industry

#44 UX job interviews. What to expect and what questions to ask?

#43 Applying to hundreds of jobs w/Sarah Doody

#42 Selling UX research to stakeholders

#41 Design agencies. Pros and cons

#40 Big vs small product companies. pros & cons

#39 Juggling UX career and motherhood (or other important roles)

#36 How I got fired twice

#38 Job hunting process for UX designers

#37 Wins and failures from 2021

#35 Things you'll hate about UX design

#34 Design estimations and time management

#33 Design mentoring. Our stories

#32 UX design: Art or science?

#31 Handling the rejection during UX job hunting

#30 Transitioning to UX from a non-tech background

#29 What goes wrong in UX projects?

#28 Does it ever get easier to be a designer?

#27 How to find a first UX design job?

#26 UX Education. Behind the Scenes

#25 Communicating design to stakeholders

#24 Empathy in UX Design Process

#23 Critical thinking in UX Design Process

#22 Design Feedback vs Design Critique

#21 Being a beginner in the UX

#20 Time management and productivity for designers

#19 Between bootcamps and your first UX job

#18 UX job interviews

#16 Is UX design for you?

#15 UX Design titles and roles

#14 Being women in Tech

#13 UX & Product design tools

#12 UX Design systems

#11 Impostor syndrome for UX designers

#10 UX design ladder. Career levels, stages & titles

#9 UX design education

#8 UX design portfolio

#7 Reflection on 2020 and plans for 2021

#6 Starting a new job in 2020

#5 Mental health. Burnout. Bare minimun | w/Gabriel Kirmaier as UXbites

#4 Do you need an online presence?

#3 UX design processes

#2 Defining UX design

#1 How to transition to UX Design