Avoid the onboarding trap: Why a designer's first 90 days are so important
Hiring for the gap was the hard part. Keeping the team from filling it back in is the part nobody warns you about.
Tim Moore
UX design director writing about teams, leadership, and craft — because someone should be honest about how hard it is, and how good it can be.
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