Simran Jassal

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[XH @xhfloz]

The "design engineer" archetype in intelligence era needs be someone much further-reaching on both ends.

Beyond DESIGN,
a keener social intuition, a rich visual + tonal vernacular, broadly read, a deep understanding of people. They need to be deeply-feeling themselves, and not Maslow's 'existential zombies.' They need an investigative & suspended disbelief, but also a discernment and sanity to prevent psychosis. Far beyond just buttons + sliders. Much closer to a novelist or anthropologist.

Beyond ENGINEER,
a deep-seated intuition of machine intelligence: how they traverse latent space, what they can / cannot do well. A scientific approach to prodding this 'grown-not-built' intelligence. Far beyond just CRUD apps. Practically: ability to fine-tune + benchmark models, among other skills, to bridge machine intelligence to the more design/humanistic.

FWIW: all this is very good for a field — software design — that has recently (and rightfully) become the butt of jokes, and seen as a very unserious discipline

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discussing the weather is unmatched small talk

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@kwuchu Sending your and your family love and strength <3 Keeping you in my prayers.

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@gabrielvaldivia Unable to DM, but would love to try it out!

[gail @gailloveswolves]

Delete hinge and date someone you never talked to in high school

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wanna go back to school without actually going back to school

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entering my sleepy bear era 🫶🏽

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@jaiyagill 🫶🏽

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@williamchanner @theloversmag @framer Congrats William! 🥳

[William Channer @williamchanner]

Some news! After a long Twitter hiatus, I'm happy to announce that I'm going full-time @theloversmag ✨ We're launching something new called Spaces, a more personal careers page for teams 👫

👉 https://t.co/KRBybGvBRO

Oh, and the landing page was built in @framer 💚💙❤️

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@shrawberryy tell us more!!!!

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@hyumankind @figma Same. I usually have to use my keyboard for a bit and then goes back to normal 😬

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@laraisuncool - how design can influence business decisions
- thoughtful takes on dark patterns, what happened and how we might advocate for change

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@laraisuncool - how to influence your team as a designer
- History of UX (historical UX failures, successes...etc)
- Evolution of UX + computing (how has computing and design evolved and how has that influenced human behaviour and culture)
- Are there cultural differences in ux?

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@tommysearle can i help? 👀

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@zafinhassan @HighbeamApp Congrats :) They are lucky to have you!

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@BecauseJyoty I love it! Last time i went they played all my fave danncehall, reggaeton…etc. ourdoors and casual-ish (not like other “clubs” in Miami)

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@bayes_baes yes.

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@JessGaddis Both probably. I was able to interview last year without a portfolio (just had a chat with hiring manager) but you will almost always been a deck for indepth portfolio/project reviews.

TL;DR: Website for initial outreach, deck for portfolio review interview