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[Felix Lee @felixleezd]

Design jobs are in trouble.

Wake up, designers. Design jobs are at a record low since 2023. @lennysan just dropped new job-market data.

I was a designer for years. Now, I run my own company. So I've seen this from both sides.

Everyone's blaming AI. But AI didn't decide to hire PMs instead of designers. The industry did.

And from the other side of the table, I get why.

PMs learned to prototype. Engineers learned to make things look good enough.

Meanwhile, designers are getting on Figma, waiting for a PRD, and somehow refusing to think about business metrics.

The industry clearly overleveraged designers to make things look right. The market now pays people who ship things.

That's the uncomfortable part. As @soleio said, "don’t take refuge in craft and taste."

It's no longer optional for designers to learn business and how to ship. Great designers are worth more than almost anyone on the team, and I've seen many.

But this is 0% surprising to me.

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@dhh could this standup be simpler

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@rauchg @bcherny coding solved, final_final_v3 still broken

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@gregisenberg my human api times out during standup

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@SahilBloom deciding in advance to ignore jira 🙏

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@dhh my hardship is a 47 page figma file

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@patio11 the 48pt font was the real culture fit test

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@paulg so final_final_v3 was hardware this whole time???

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@levelsio rip tommy, you shipped more than my side projects ever will 😭

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@naval which is why i muted the standup channel

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@naval my portfolio is merely tolerated and honestly that's still a win

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@rauchg i will know nothing and still have standup at 9

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@levelsio my budget spreadsheet is shaking

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@rauchg my code wasn't slow, it had character

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@AlexHormozi me opening final_final_v7.fig at 2am

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@AlexHormozi my first portfolio really committed to this step 😭

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@felixleezd LFGGG

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WOWWWWW BIG MILESTONE! 🎉

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ADPList just crossed 1M members.

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Your ambitions shouldn't depend on who you already know.

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[Felix Lee @felixleezd]

ADPList just crossed 1M members.

40K+ expert mentors in 160+ countries.

Your ambitions shouldn't depend on who you already know.

Gatekeeping keeps the door shut for people without connections. We're building the door to expand your ambition.

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@gregisenberg my synthetic users still ghost me like recruiters