Around 2012 and 2013, knowing how to operate the tools stopped being enough to hold a job on the web. You had to be able to build. The AI shift feels like that again, only faster. What I saw then, what's different now, and what I'd do about it.
Careers · AI · Front-end · Leadership6 min read
For five years my job titles had both halves in them: Interaction Designer/Developer at Pandora, then Design Engineer at eBay. Here's what changes when the person who designs an interaction is also the person who builds it, and why I think the role matters more than its title suggests.
Design systems · Front-end · Careers7 min read