Let me know if you'll be there, or if you have thoughts on this topic of thriving as an IC!
My hope is that a whole bunch of people who _aren't_ me will keep this conversation going, and collectively establish clear paths for designers to grow their craft and experience stability in their careers.
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Stoked to be presenting (and hopefully sparking conversation) at @uxdx.com USA + EMEA about long-term, intentional careers in design as a not-manager (IC). 🙂
I'll share insights, successes, and failures along my own path in hopes it can help others calibrate their careers and set intentional goals.
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In-depth and informed conversations between two lifelong friends about the power of music — one album at a time.
Hosted by Kyle Stapleton + Cliff Seal
Principal UI/UX Strategist. Leading government-wide UX strategy, digital transformation and AI initiatives, service standards and design systems.
📖 milacann.medium.com
💼 linkedin.com/in/milacann
Data Science that Listens - indiyoung.com
Book - Time to Listen indiyoung.com/books/
Systems thinking research for solutions that support human variety. (Fully human made posts & illustrations; no use of AI)
Creator, web designer & developer, teacher, consultant, speaker, writer, musician, & artist. Host of Wake Up Excited! Author of Atomic Design. Enthusiasm enthusiast.
Cubano Magnifico.
Head of Design, Consumer Lending PNC Bank.
Co-author of Discussing Design.
https://aaroni.me
design director at webflow / prev hashicorp, outdoorsy woman in denver, ice cream connoisseur everywhere
hannahhearth.com
Software designer ✨ prev. @github.com @automattic.com — AI, design infrastructure and techno 💫.
Author and speaker. Books include: How Design Makes The World, The Myths of Innovation, Making Things Happen & The Year Without Pants.
Seattle, WA
scottberkun.com/about/
Shake it thusly
on the golden path
https://medium.com/@danklyn/an-opposite-truth-eccfd816eab8
am: Staff Engineer & Product Lead @slack.engineering. International Speaker. Design Systems Advocate. Chaotic Good.
was: Hillary for America (1st dev hired). IBM Design.
always: 🖖🏾. Whovian. Beyoncé.
♿️ AuDHD. CPTSD. INFP. ABCDEFG.
👉🏾 https://mina.codes
Design Systems Advocate / GDE / they/she / 🩷💜💙 / 🇰🇷🇮🇹hapa / neurodivergent / drag stan / cheerful goth
jina.me
Founder of @clarityconf.com
Coffee first, content right after that. Leading UX content design at HubSpot. Returned Peace Corps Volunteer.
Partner to Marja, walker of Lola, Ireland immigrant, global migrant. He/him.
👉 https://bio.link/jcolman 👈
Author: Designing for the Digital Age. Consultant. Design & product exec. Researcher. Speaker & teacher. Wildlife photographer.
📷/🧵 Kim.Goodwin
Executive Design Leader
Speaker | Advisor | Sneakerhead
Hello (including you, trolls 👋). Lead @ U.S. Web Design System / government / civic; past 18F, Penn State. People first. Pronouns: they/them. Not for you. Views mine. South side Chicagoan.
Systems Designer at GitHub, CSS nerd, co-host of the Complementary podcast.
katielangerman.com
Designer, researcher, author.
Treat motivated.
Always focused on eliminating all the poorly-designed products and services from our world. People’s lives are complicated enough. We don’t have to make it worse for them.
You can find me at CenterCentre.com and in the Leaders of Awesomeness community.
