# design career (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover design career. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why the September Job Surge Can Be Your Advantage](https://thedesigncohort.substack.com/p/why-the-september-job-surge-can-be) _2026-08-06 · The Design Cohort Insider · The Design Cohort Insider_ The job search doesn't start when you find that dream job posting, by then it's too late. ## [The apps that shaped modern UI but failed as businesses](https://dashinsky.substack.com/p/the-apps-that-shaped-modern-ui-but) _2026-08-04 · Artiom Dashinsky · Artiom Dashinsky_ Path, Mailbox, Rdio, Flipboard, Facebook Paper and Clear introduced some of the most influential interface ideas but never became huge. ## [Two Creative Leaders. One Honest Conversation.](https://thedesigncohort.substack.com/p/two-creative-leaders-one-honest-conversation) _2026-07-31 · The Design Cohort Insider · The Design Cohort Insider_ Just two rock girls chatting design! [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209287553/085ad791d74db2aa55dad8a7996d1ac6.mp3) ## [Start With Positioning, Not Your Resume](https://thedesigncohort.substack.com/p/start-with-positioning-not-your-resume) _2026-07-28 · The Design Cohort Insider · The Design Cohort Insider_ Before you rewrite your resume, answer this one question. ## [Are You Being Under-Leveled?](https://thedesigncohort.substack.com/p/are-you-being-under-leveled) _2026-07-19 · The Design Cohort Insider · The Design Cohort Insider_ SENIOR LEAD OR DESIGN DIRECTOR? ## [Today's design workflow looks like 2005](https://dashinsky.substack.com/p/todays-design-workflow-looks-like) _2026-07-16 · Artiom Dashinsky · Artiom Dashinsky_ It was true 20 years ago with Photoshop and it's true today with Claude Code. ## [What Actually Moves You Forward in Your Design Career?](https://thedesigncohort.substack.com/p/what-actually-moves-you-forward-in) _2026-07-15 · The Design Cohort Insider · The Design Cohort Insider_ Tactics for managing your career growth and progression. ## [Managing Your Design Career](https://thedesigncohort.substack.com/p/managing-your-design-career) _2026-06-01 · The Design Cohort Insider · The Design Cohort Insider_ Our May Monthly Cohort ## [The Design Director Interview - Cheat Sheet](https://thedesigncohort.substack.com/p/the-design-director-interview-cheat) _2026-05-19 · The Design Cohort Insider · The Design Cohort Insider_ How to Answer the 12 Hardest Design Leadership Interview Questions ## [Mastering the Transition from Designer to Design Leader](https://thedesigncohort.substack.com/p/mastering-the-transition-from-designer) _2026-05-03 · The Design Cohort Insider · The Design Cohort Insider_ The Invisible Career Path ## [Find it on Amazon (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wVttlt3a4JN7) _2026-05-03 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Amazon product listing to see details and availability ## [How Designers Can Map Their Career Path - When There Is No Clear Next Step](https://thedesigncohort.substack.com/p/how-designers-can-map-their-career) _2026-04-27 · The Design Cohort Insider · The Design Cohort Insider_ A Design Career isn't a ladder, it's more like a subway, map. ## [The Claude Design panic](https://dashinsky.substack.com/p/the-claude-design-panic) _2026-04-22 · Artiom Dashinsky · Artiom Dashinsky_ The fact that designers suddenly feel the need to explain that «design is more than just outputs» is a bad sign. ## [8 Tips for a Kickass Design Presentation](https://thedesigncohort.substack.com/p/8-tips-for-a-kickass-design-presentation) _2026-04-09 · The Design Cohort Insider · The Design Cohort Insider_ Our April Monthly Peer Gathering - The Design Cohort ## [Starting a business is an ego death for designers](https://dashinsky.substack.com/p/starting-a-business-is-an-ego-death) _2026-03-09 · Artiom Dashinsky · Artiom Dashinsky_ And probably the best things you can do to become a better designer. ## [The Last 20% and Who's Asking Why?](https://chadsnewsletter.substack.com/p/the-last-20-and-whos-asking-why) _2026-02-27 · Chad Johnson · The Founding Designer_ Everyone can build now. Almost nobody stops to ask if they should. ## [Design for the Gap: Why the Best Designers Are Focused on What AI Can’t Do](https://chadsnewsletter.substack.com/p/design-for-the-gap-why-the-best-designers) _2026-02-20 · Chad Johnson · The Founding Designer_ The most interesting product design work happening right now has nothing to do with AI integration. ## [This is Figma's "Make" or Break Moment](https://chadsnewsletter.substack.com/p/this-is-figmas-make-or-break-moment) _2026-02-13 · Chad Johnson · The Founding Designer_ (Pun intended) Figma's AI offering Make has gotten substantially better, but is it enough to keep up with other innovative AI-native design workflows? ## [Designers, we’ve been brainwashed](https://dashinsky.substack.com/p/designers-weve-been-brainwashed) _2026-02-11 · Artiom Dashinsky · Artiom Dashinsky_ On idealism, elitism, and why designers end up hating their jobs ## [Craft, Stewardship, & Choosing Your Own Destiny in a New Era of Design](https://chadsnewsletter.substack.com/p/craft-stewardship-and-choosing-your) _2026-02-06 · Chad Johnson · The Founding Designer_ What do product design careers look like in this new world of AI? I think it's more excitement than doom and gloom. ## [Design Culture is a Lagging Indicator of Product Success](https://chadsnewsletter.substack.com/p/design-culture-is-a-lagging-indicator) _2026-01-30 · Chad Johnson · The Founding Designer_ Why the fastest-moving startups treat design as competitive advantage, not a department ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JI7pHDBEnI0x) _2026-01-30 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [Why Most Designers Will Never Influence Product Roadmaps](https://chadsnewsletter.substack.com/p/why-most-designers-will-never-influence) _2026-01-22 · Chad Johnson · The Founding Designer_ A practical explanation of how roadmap decisions are really made, and how designers can gain influence ## [The Rise of The Design Engineer](https://chadsnewsletter.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-the-design-engineer) _2026-01-15 · Chad Johnson · The Founding Designer_ How AI, Vibe Coding, and Collapsing Roles Are Reshaping Product Design ## [Stop Waiting for Permission](https://chadsnewsletter.substack.com/p/stop-waiting-for-permission) _2026-01-08 · Chad Johnson · The Founding Designer_ Most designers believe impact comes later. And then it never does. ## [The AI Gold Rush Is Teaching Founders the Wrong Lessons](https://chadsnewsletter.substack.com/p/the-ai-gold-rush-is-teaching-founders) _2025-12-29 · Chad Johnson · The Founding Designer_ Insane MRR goals, creating leverage, and choosing what (and who) to build for ## ["We need more design founders". But they aren’t coming.](https://dashinsky.substack.com/p/we-need-more-design-founders-but) _2025-12-22 · Artiom Dashinsky · Artiom Dashinsky_ The call for more design founders by Y Combinator didn't help. ## [Designers Make Exceptional Entrepreneurs, But...](https://chadsnewsletter.substack.com/p/designers-make-exceptional-entrepreneurs) _2025-12-17 · Chad Johnson · The Founding Designer_ How designers think, decide, and build applies exceptionally well to entrepreneurship, but few actually make the jump ## [How I reduced my Lovable and Replit costs by 10x](https://dashinsky.substack.com/p/how-i-reduced-my-ai-tools-costs-for) _2025-10-07 · Artiom Dashinsky · Artiom Dashinsky_ I spent $2500 on tokens with Lovable, v0, Bolt, Replit, Cursor, etc. ## [From whom to learn about the future of design](https://dashinsky.substack.com/p/from-whom-to-learn-about-the-future) _2025-09-08 · Artiom Dashinsky · Artiom Dashinsky_ To see where design is headed, look to freelancers, agency owners, and founders - not full-time corporate designers. ## [Design career gratitude](https://dashinsky.substack.com/p/design-career-gratitude) _2025-08-25 · Artiom Dashinsky · Artiom Dashinsky_ Not many professions offer what designers have: ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/J5WILVwtE3tp) _2025-08-25 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [Case study: how I use vibe-coding for marketing as a designer](https://dashinsky.substack.com/p/case-study-how-i-use-vibe-coding) _2025-08-19 · Artiom Dashinsky · Artiom Dashinsky_ A mini case study on how I vibe-coded a new marketing channel as a designer.