![]() I could keep going on forever, but you get the point. Anachronic design advice: many people still teach design like we are in the 90s. Factionalism in the design community: Multiple groups in design advocating for opposing interests and agendas. No technical literacy or interest in the average designer to build up their technical skills: “AI won’t affect me.” Supremacy of tactical value: It doesn’t matter if you are an intelligent systems thinker if you’re incapable of producing good-looking visual artifacts. User researchers struggling even more than designers to articulate their value. Growing offer and shrinking demand: Many people are becoming designers while companies realize that their design money is better spent on quality than quantity (one good designer is better than 10 mediocre ones) ![]() Dizzying fragmentation of expected skills and their value in wages: What does it take to make more than $200k as a designer? No agreement on title names: UX/UI, UI/UX, UX, Product Design (?) No cohesive understanding or articulation of what a designer is supposed to do. I'm more confident about the direction we're going! While you’re talking through your strategy, do you mind bringing up your roadmap? Hurry! Quarterly planning is about to start! How is our thinking aligned around the needs of our customers? How are your different options/ideas aligned with key goals and inputs? What are your thoughts on general sequencing and prioritization? What is the status of the week 23 sprint?ĭo you have a rough idea on when you foresee the team switching from focus A to focus B? ![]() What can we expect to be released in the near future?Ĭan you provide Acme with a high-level strategic overview of where we are taking the product in the next year or so? What percentage of engineering time is allocated to X? How do you envision the product evolving over the next couple of quarters? ![]() I need to visualize all the dependencies for Project Voltron across fifteen teams! What big opportunities is the team currently considering tackling in H2? ![]()
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