after 11 years working in product design,
this might honestly be my last month in the industry.
i didn’t want to write a post like this, but the last 6 months have been extremely difficult both financially and mentally.
i lost clients to AI.
potential freelance leads ghosted me.
a client scammed me out of $6,000 and mocked my work afterward.
i spent months building an app for Apple, and just when things started going well, my developer account was terminated after a small mistake and a complaint. the revenue inside the account was locked as well.
despite all of this, i didn’t stop working.
i kept learning, building, experimenting with AI products, coding, motion, and trying to adapt to where the industry is heading.
but the reality is: i haven’t been able to secure a new client for months.
if i can’t find a new opportunity within the next couple of weeks, i may have to leave the design industry entirely and start over in a different field.
so if you know anyone hiring for product design, AI product work, creative direction, or vibe coding related roles, i’d genuinely appreciate a referral or even just a repost.
thank you for reading 🤍
working on Runic has given me such an appreciation for the hundreds of tiny UX details you only notice if they're missing
my goal is to have an environment where I can test ideas end-to-end — things like design-to-code, generative AI, etc — without being limited by another tool’s abstractions
still early, will keep sharing updates 🫡