Emma Sims

product designer

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

early in my career, i rarely had 1:1s with my managers. when i did, they were super unproductive and i always left wanting more. throughout my almost ~1 year @segment, i’ve finally come to understand the true meaning of having productive 1:1s*

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

can’t quite find the words to convey how proud i am of @zsims. excited to see what comes next 🤩

[zach sims @zsims]

Today is my last day leading @Codecademy after 12 years.

@ryanbubinski and I went from a prototype we hacked together in 3 weeks…

To a business with more than 50m users that we sold for $500m+.

Here are a few things we learned turning a breakout product into a great company:

[Maddie Hall @maddiehalla]

“Ship it” is @zsims’ mantra 🚢 Congrats to the Codecademy team on continuing to build and serve your learners in new ways 11 years post-launch!

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

i mean this is just too cute

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

@CharmaineWang @F1 is it that obvious 😅

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

today when i was leaving the trader joe's checkout line trying not to bump into any oncoming customers (which sometimes is unfortunately inevitable), i imagined i was leaving the @F1 pit lane trying not to get a penalty for an unsafe release. it's the little things ya know

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

@sim1designs i can neither confirm nor deny that i started drinking it again after six months of abstaining

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

today marks 4 months since i’ve had coffee and i’d like to report that i am, in fact, still standing

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

@choiszewing @lennysan couldn’t have said it better myself

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

you know what’s fun about getting older??

realizing no one else knows what they’re doing either

[Joey Cofone @joeycofone]

My book, The Laws of Creativity, is officially available!

• 400+ pages
• 70+ stories and examples
• 39 laws of creativity
• 25+ original concepts
• and more

See more & get yours: https://t.co/pilOuJaynr

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

@KwasiTwumA @browsercompany yes pls we can explore it together 🤩

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

ok i know i’m late to the party and this is old news but i finally got access to arc by @browsercompany and i’m already in love. this onboarding experience is truly :chefs-kiss:

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

@CharmaineWang so…how was your weekend????

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

@CharmaineWang lol i’m dead 😂

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

me staring at my computer on my first day back after being OOO for awhile

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

@hareemmannan this also applies to the gym, right? just thinking about going to the gym makes me stronger

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

i'm blue da ba dee da ba di

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

that designer urge

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

we take content v seriously here

[Hannah Hudson @hannahshudson]

TFW #contentdesign really catches on @emmaisims @KellyJacobs417 @hellojesswatson

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

😍

[NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb]

Webb’s first full-color images are now the world’s to enjoy! We hope you found them as meaningful and beautiful as we did. Here’s to many years of Webb science — we can’t wait to see what’s next as we continue to #UnfoldtheUniverse! https://t.co/deO8TFCkiz

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

i know y'all were on the edge of your seat wondering what happened since lethargic coffee, so:

[Emma Sims @emmaisims]

we decided to make naming our sprints more fun: one person picks an adjective and another picks a noun and they’re revealed at the same time.

…it’s honestly the best part of sprint planning bc, well, i think it speaks for itself